Meaning
to drive; guide
- to drive
- to guide
- to run, manage
In a sentence
Sai guidare la macchina?
Can you drive a car?
Mia sorella guida un piccolo bar in centro.
My sister runs a small bar downtown.
Ieri ho guidato fino al mare con Luca.
Yesterday I drove to the sea with Luca.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| guidare | infinitive |
| guidiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| guido | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| guidate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guidi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guidano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guida | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guidavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| guidavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| guidavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| guidavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| guidavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| guidava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| guidammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| guidai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| guidaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| guidasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| guidarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| guidò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| guideremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| guiderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| guiderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| guiderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| guideranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| guiderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| guidiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| guidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| guidiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guidino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guidi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guidassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| guidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| guidaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| guidassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| guidassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| guidasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| guideremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| guiderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| guidereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| guideresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| guiderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| guiderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| guidiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| guidate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| guida | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| guidando | gerund |
| guidato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'guidare' for driving vehicles; 'condurre' is more formal or for leading people/animals.
- Avoid 'guidare' for abstract guidance (e.g., 'guiding principles'); use 'guidare' only for concrete actions.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho guidato').