guinda
See also: guindá
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīksĭna (“type of cherry”), from *wiks (“mistletoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wīsos, *wiHsos. Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡinda/, [ˈɡin̪d̪ä]
Noun
guinda f (plural guindas)
- sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)
- la guinda del pastel
- the icing on the cake
- la guinda del pastel
Verb
guinda
References
- “guinda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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