guinda

See also: Guinda and guindá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guinda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈɡin.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡin.da]

Noun

guinda f (plural guindes)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

Derived terms

• guinder

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “guinda”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “guinda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Galician

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīksĭna (“type of cherry”), from *wiks (“mistletoe”). Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡindɐ]

Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

Derived terms

• guindeira
• Guindeiras
• Guindeiro

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “guinda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guinda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guinda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

guinda

1. inflection of guindar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡĩ.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡĩ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩdɐ
• Hyphenation: guin‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

French guinderbor.

Portuguese guindarbf.

Portuguese guinda

Back-formation from guindar.

Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)

1. hoisting rope
2. (nautical) height of mast above deck

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

guinda

1. inflection of guindar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guinda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “guinda”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “guinda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡinda/ [ˈɡĩn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -inda
• Syllabification: guin‧da

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“type of cherry”), from *wīhs- (“mistletoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wīsos, *wiHsos. Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.

Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

   la guinda del pastel ― the icing on the cake

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) a quick escape by running

Derived terms

• guinda de la tarta
• guindilla

Related terms

• guindar
• guindo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

guinda

1. inflection of guindar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guinda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea