/la ˌɡinda del pasˈtel/ lit. ‘the cherry on the cake’
Spanish idiom, everyday. Something extra that makes a good thing even better.
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How do people use La guinda del pastel
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Everyday Spanish, at home in conversation and in newspapers. It usually closes a run of good news, so you’ll see it as “fue la guinda del pastel” or “como guinda del pastel” after the list of things that went well. “La guinda de la tarta” means the same, and English Wiktionary lists both.
Also said la guinda de la tarta
La guinda del pastel
in real sentences
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Y el premio que ganó fue ya la guinda del pastel.
And the prize he won was the icing on the cake.
Tatoeba, sentence by Seael, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Esta tarea es la guinda de mi pastel.
This task is the icing on my cake.
Tatoeba, sentence by carlosalberto, translation by carlosalberto, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does La guinda del pastel
come from?
Spanish Wiktionary says it plainly: cooks put guindas on top of cakes, so the word came to mean the thing that finishes something off. A guinda is a sour cherry. Neither Wiktionary dates the figurative use, and I found no first record.
Mistakes learners make with La guinda del pastel
Translating the English icing as “el glaseado del pastel”. Spanish tops the cake with a sour cherry, so the frosting version gets puzzled looks.
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