guinche

See also: guinché

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: guinchent, guinches

Verb

guinche

1. inflection of guincher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Alternative forms

• guincho

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, perhaps via Middle English winche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡint͡ʃe̝/

Noun

guinche m (plural guinches)

1. winch; windlass

   Synonym: guindastre

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guinche”, 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), “guinche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guinche”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Verb

guinche

1. inflection of guinchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡint͡ʃe/ [ˈɡĩnʲ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -intʃe
• Syllabification: guin‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English winch.

Noun

guinche m (plural guinches)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Uruguay) crane (machine for lifting heavy objects)

   Synonyms: güinche, grúa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

guinche

1. inflection of guinchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• “guinche”, 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