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noun, feminine

guinda

/ˈɡinda/

noun, feminine/ˈɡinda/plural: guindas

sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus); a quick escape by running

la guinda del pastelthe icing on the cake

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“type of cherry”), from *wīhs- (“mistletoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wīsos, *wiHsos. Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.