guíen

Guíen is the third-person plural present subjunctive form of the Spanish verb guiar, meaning to guide or lead. It appears in subordinate clauses after expressions that require the subjunctive, such as wishes, doubts, necessities, or hypotheticals, for example in constructions like “Es posible que guíen al grupo” or “Quiero que guíen con prudencia.”

Guiar is an regular -ar verb, so its present subjunctive forms follow the standard pattern. The full paradigm is: yo guíe, tú guíes, él/ella/usted guíe, nosotros guíemos, vosotros guiéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes guíen. The form guíen is used exclusively for the third-person plural in the present subjunctive; the related present indicative third-person plural is guían.

Spelling and pronunciation notes are important to distinguish guíen from other similarly written forms. In guíen, the accent on the í marks the stressed syllable and helps maintain the expected pronunciation /ˈɡi.en/. By contrast, guían (present indicative) contains an accent on the í of the penultimate syllable and is a different tense and mood.

Examples illustrate usage: Es necesario que guíen al equipo con claridad. No creo que guíen sin un plan. Espero que guíen bien a los visitantes. In each case, guíen governs a subordinate clause introduced by que, reflecting the subjunctive mood.