banquillo
Spanish
The bench of FC Barcelona in 2010
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈkiʝo/ [bãŋˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /banˈkiʎo/ [bãŋˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /banˈkiʃo/ [bãŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /banˈkiʒo/ [bãŋˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ban‧qui‧llo
Noun
banquillo m (plural banquillos)
- (law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)
- Synonym: banquillo de los acusados
- (sports) bench (the place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing)
Derived terms
- mover el banquillo
Related terms
Further reading
- “banquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “banquillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010