 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaSpanish vakundi vakasvika muna 1524, uye muna 1537 vakavaka guta reAsunción, guta guru rokutanga reRio de la Plata Governorate. Muzana remakore rechi17, Paraguay yaiva nzvimbo yaishumira mamishinari evaJesuit, uko vanhu vechiGuarani vokumusha kwavo vakatendeukira kuchiKristu uye vakadzidziswa tsika dzokuEurope. Pashure pokudzingwa kwevaJesuit munharaunda dzeSpain muna 1767, Paraguay yakava koloni iri pedyo zvikuru, ine nzvimbo shomanene dzomumaguta nevagari vemo. Kutevera kuzvimiririra kubva kuSpainmukuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi19, Paraguay yakatongwa nehurumende dzinotonga dzakaratidzirwa nemitemo yenyika, yokuparadzanisa uye yokudzivirira. Nguva iyi yakaguma nehondo yakaipa yeParaguayan 186470, apo nyika yakarasikirwa nehafu yevagari vayo vasati varwa hondo uye inenge 2533 yenharaunda yayo kuTriple Alliance yeArgentina, Brazil neUruguay. Muzana ramakore rechi20, Paraguay yakatarisana nerimwe gakava guru renyika dzakawanda, Hondo yeChaco 1932-1935 inopesana neBolivia, umo yakakunda. Pashure pacho, nyika yakava pasi pokudzora kwevadzvinyiriri vemauto, kwakaguma nokutonga kwemakore 35 kwaAlfredo Stroessner, uko kwakapfuurira kutozosvikira pakukandirwa kwake pasi muna 1989 nechisimba chemauto omukati. Ikoku kwakaratidzira mavambo enhambo yedemokrasi yeParaguay, iyo inopfuurira kusvikira kuzuva rino. 