guinche
Spanish, noun
guinche is spelled G-U-I-N-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guinche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Rioplatense, Paraguayan, Bolivian, Venezuelan, and Cuban form of güinche (“crane”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of guinchar. With a diaeresis, güinche is a different word: “crane (machine for lifting heavy objects)”. With an accent, guinché is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of guinchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina dotada de un brazo y una polea, que permite elevar una carga mediante la tracción de la cuerda que…”.
What does guinche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineRioplatense, Paraguayan, Bolivian, Venezuelan, and Cuban form of güinche (“crane”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
MexicoUSmasculinecrane (machine for lifting heavy objects)
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of guinchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máquina dotada de un brazo y una polea, que permite elevar una carga mediante la tracción de la cuerda que circula por ésta.
noun: 1. Máquina dotada de un brazo y una polea, que permite elevar una carga mediante la tracción de la cuerda que circula por ésta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guinche
- guinches plural
- güinches plural
- guinche alternative Bolivia Cuba
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to guinche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guinche in Spanish?
guinche appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).