bancal
Spanish, noun/banˈkal/
bancal is spelled B-A-N-C-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bancal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “plot (of land, for planting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Terreno llano (o allanado por el hombre) en una zona pendiente (e.g. la ladera de una montaña), en el que se…”.
What does bancal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplot (of land, for planting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terreno llano (o allanado por el hombre) en una zona pendiente (e.g. la ladera de una montaña), en el que se realiza algún cultivo.
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 bancal
- bancales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bancal?
- /banˈkal/
- [bãŋˈkal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bancal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bancal in Spanish?
bancal appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).