banca
Spanish, noun
banca is spelled B-A-N-C-A (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,065th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “small bench” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of bancar. With an accent, bancá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of bancar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asiento para más de una persona”.
What does banca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall bench
- 2
feminineseat (in an elective body)
- 3
femininefinancial system
- 4
femininea kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay
noun
- 1
femininea small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of bancar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Asiento para más de una persona. 2. En particular, banca₁ sin respaldo. 3. Por extensión, puesto electivo en un cuerpo colegiado, en especial en un parlamento. 4. Cajón en que se meten los lavadores para evitar mojarse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of banca
- bancas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to banca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banca in Spanish?
banca appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).