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noun, feminine

guisa

/ˈɡisa/

noun, feminine/ˈɡisa/plural: guisas

manner, guise, way; habit

el diestro brazo levantado, a guisa de quien esperaba hacer algún recio tiro

Synonyms: hábito, costumbre

Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise.