guincho
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡĩ.ʃu/
guincho is spelled G-U-I-N-C-H-O (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guincho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tow truck (motor vehicle for towing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of guinchar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grito agudo e sem articulação de palavras”.
What does guincho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetow truck (motor vehicle for towing)
- 2
masculinewinch (machine used for hoisting)
noun
- 1
masculineshriek; squeal (a sharp, shrill scream)
- 2
masculineany bird characterised by its high-pitched call
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of guinchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grito agudo e sem articulação de palavras 2. zirro (Apus apus) 3. gavião 4. águia-pesqueira (Pandion haliaetus)
noun: 1. aparelho próprio para levantar cargas, içar ou rebocar veículos 2. guindaste 3. veículo provido de equipamento levantador, que se destina ao reboque de automóveis avariados ou punidos por qualquer transgressão das leis de trânsito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guincho
- guinchos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guincho?
- Brazil /ˈɡĩ.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈɡĩ.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈɡĩt.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guincho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guincho in Portuguese?
guincho appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).