guirnalda

Metathetic form of guirlanda, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.

• IPA^(key): /ɡiɾˈnal.da/
• Rhymes: -alda

guirnalda f (plural guirnaldas)

1. garland
2. wreath
3. worm (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)

• (wreath): corona f
• (thread): filete m, rosca f

• enguirnaldar (verb)