gobernar

Etymology

From Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾˈnaɾ/ [ɡo.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

gobernar (first-person singular indicative present gobierno, past participle gobernáu)

1. to govern

Alternative forms

• governar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese governar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡoβɛɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

gobernar (first-person singular present goberno, first-person singular preterite gobernei, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. (nautical) to helm
3. to guide
4. to repair; to arrange; to maintain
5. to husband (to manage or administer carefully and frugally)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “governar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gouernar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gobernar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gobernar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gobernar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gobernar, gouernar, from Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾˈnaɾ/ [ɡo.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧nar

Verb

gobernar (first-person singular present gobierno, first-person singular preterite goberné, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. to steer (a vehicle or watercraft)
3. to guide

   Synonym: guiar

Further reading

• “gobernar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10