abancalar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + bancal (terrace, plot of land) + -ar.

Bancal is possibly from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (manqála), or from banco (bench (for rowers)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abankaˈlaɾ/, [aβãŋkaˈlaɾ]

Verb

abancalar (first-person singular present abancalo, first-person singular preterite abancalé, past participle abancalado)

  1. to terrace

Conjugation

    References

    • abancalar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
    • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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