abancalar
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom a- + bancal (“terrace, plot of land”) + -ar.
Bancal is possibly from Andalusian Arabic منقالة (manqála), or from banco (“bench (for rowers)”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editabancalar (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