guindastre

Galician

A guindastre (tow truck) (#1)

A guindastre (mechanical crane) (#2)

Guindastre aboard a fishing boat

An old cooking guindastre, used for hanging a pot over the fire

Alternative forms

• guindaste

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Probably from Old Northern French, from Old Norse vinda (“to wind”) + ass (“pole”), from Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind”) + *astaz (“branch”). Cognate with Icelandic vindilass and English windlass.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡinˈdastɾe/ [ɡin̪ˈd̪as̺.t̪ɾɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡinˈdastɾe/ [ɡin̪ˈd̪as̺.t̪ɾɪ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħinˈdastɾe/ [ħin̪ˈd̪as̺.t̪ɾɪ]

• Rhymes: -astɾe
• Hyphenation: guin‧das‧tre

Noun

guindastre m (plural guindastres)

1. tow truck

   Synonym: grúa

2. crane (machine)

   Synonym: grúa

3. windlass; winch

   Synonyms: andante, angarela, burro, guincho

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González, editor, Libro do Concello de Santiago:

     destes por duas palmelas et dous golfoos et cravos para o gindastes dose moravedis

     you gave for two hinges and for nails for the windlass 12 coins

   • 1973, Xosé Gayoso, Coa nosa xente [With our people], Vigo: Galaxia:

     o caldeiro é grande e negro, e colga dun guindastre (unha viga que xirando pon o caldeiro sobor do lume)

     the cauldron is large and black, and it hangs from a windlass (a pole which, upon winding, can set the cauldron over the fire)

Related terms

• guindar
• guindareza

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gindaste”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guindastre”, 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), “guindastre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guindastre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN