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

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): /ɡinˈdastɾe̝/

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, 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

• “gindaste” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “guindastre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “guindastre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “guindastre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.