# guinda
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guinda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡin.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡin.da]

### Noun

guinda f (plural guindes)
* sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

#### Derived terms

* guinder

### Further reading

* “guinda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “guinda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## 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: [ˈɡindɐ]

#### Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)
* sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

##### Derived terms

* guindeira
* Guindeiras
* Guindeiro

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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
* inflection of guindar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡĩ.dɐ/
* Rhymes: -ĩdɐ
* Hyphenation: guin‧da

### Etymology 1

Back-formation from guindar.

#### Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)
* hoisting rope
* (nautical) height of mast above deck

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

guinda
* inflection of guindar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “guinda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “guinda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)
    la guinda del pastel ― the icing on the cake
* (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
* inflection of guindar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “guinda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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