guindaste
Portuguese, noun/ɡĩˈdas.t͡ʃi/
guindaste is spelled G-U-I-N-D-A-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guindaste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crane (mechanical)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular preterite indicative of guindar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho destinado a levantar grandes pesos; guincho”.
What does guindaste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrane (mechanical)
- 2
masculinestork drawing water from wells
verb
- 1
second-person singular preterite indicative of guindar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho destinado a levantar grandes pesos; guincho
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 guindaste
- guindastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guindaste?
- Brazil /ɡĩˈdas.t͡ʃi/
- /ɡĩˈdaʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɡĩˈdaʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guindaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guindaste in Portuguese?
guindaste appears 1.3 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).