FromPhilippineSpanishbanca, fromTagalogbangka.
banca (pluralbancas)
- (Philippines) Acanoe; anoutrigger canoe ordugout.
1908, W. W. Pettit, “Fourth Grade Civics: 13th Meeting—Water Supply”, inPhilippine Education[1], volume 5, number 1, Manila, page29:In towns on plains near the sea it is difficult to secure good water. The rivers are salt and water has to be carried inbancas many miles. An openbanca is neither a clean nor a safe way to carry water.
banca f (pluralbanques)
- (large)bench
- bank (building)
- bank(institution)
- trough
- pot (of a lottery)
Frombanc.
banca f (pluralbanques)
- lowbench
- banking system
Of Germanic origin. Akin toItalianbanca, see there for more.
banca f (pluralbanche)
- bank
Borrowed fromLombardicbank(“bench”), fromProto-West Germanic*banki, fromProto-Germanic*bankiz, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeg-(“to bend”). Cognates includeSpanishbanco andPortuguesebanco.Doublet ofbanco andpanca.
banca f (pluralbanche)
- bank(financial institution)
Seebanco for descendants.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
banca
- inflection ofbancare:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
From eitherLombardicpanch orFrankish.
banca m (pluralbanch)
- bench
From Old Lombardpanka, fromLombardicbank.
banca m (pluralbanch)
- bank
- Rhymes:-ɐ̃kɐ
- Hyphenation:ban‧ca
banca f (pluralbancas)
- stall(a small open-fronted shop)
- Synonym:(Brazil)estande
- booth(a small stall for the display and sale of goods)
- newsstand(open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale)
- (economics)banking
- (Brazil)jury(a group of people whose aim is to judge something)
banca
- inflection ofbancar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
banca f
- definitenominative/accusativesingular ofbancă
- IPA(key): /ˈbanka/[ˈbãŋ.ka]
- Rhymes:-anka
- Syllabification:ban‧ca
Frombanco.
banca f (pluralbancas)
- smallbench
- Synonym:banqueta
- seat(in an elective body)
- Synonyms:escaño,curul
- financialsystem
- (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay
Borrowed fromTagalogbangka.
banca f (pluralbancas)
- (Philippines) a smalloutrigger canoeboat used in thePhilippines
banca
- inflection ofbancar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
- “banca”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- Abella, Venancio María de (1874)Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.[2],12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page112
