abancalar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + bancal (“terrace, plot of land”) + -ar.
Bancal is possibly from Andalusian Arabic منقالة (manqála), or from banco (“bench (for rowers)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
abancalar (first-person singular present abancalo, first-person singular preterite abancalé, past participle abancalado)
- (transitive) to terrace
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of abancalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
References[edit]
- “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
Further reading[edit]
- “abancalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014