banco

Meaning

1. (masculine) bench
2. (masculine) workbench
3. (masculine) sandbank
4. (masculine) school, shoal
5. (masculine) thwart
6. (masculine) bank

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbaŋko̝/

Etymology

12th century in local Latin texts. With the meaning of bank, from Italian; with the meaning of bench and workbench probably from Old French; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”).

Sentences

Déronme un número de teléfono do banco para pasar a recoller as cousas .

They gave me a phone number from the bank to stop by and pick things up.