Feminine

palanca

Meaning

board for use in construction, scaffolding or furniture-making

Hyphenated as
pa‧làn‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/paˈlan.ka/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from the accusative form of Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log, trunk, body of soldiers, etc.”). Doublet of the borrowing falanga and related to falange (“phalanx”).

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