bancar
Spanish, verb/banˈkaɾ/
bancar is spelled B-A-N-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bancar is a Spanish verb meaning “to support someone or something, to agree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aguardar, dar tiempo o esperar a alguien”.
What does bancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialslangto support someone or something, to agree
Yo banco a mi amigo. Yo también lo banco.
- 2
colloquialto wait for someone
- 3
colloquialto support someone
- 4
colloquialto suck it up and take responsibility for something
- 5
to pick up the tab, to foot the bill
- 6
to remain committed to; to stand by someone or something done or said
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aguardar, dar tiempo o esperar a alguien. 2. Dar apoyo o respaldo. 3. Hacerse responsable de una situación.
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 bancar
- banco first-person present singular
- banqué first-person preterite singular
- bancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- bancando gerund
- bancada feminine participle past
- bancados masculine participle past
- bancadas feminine participle past
- bancas indicative informal present
- bancás indicative informal present
- banca indicative present singular
- bancamos first-person indicative plural
- bancáis indicative plural present
- bancan indicative plural present
- bancaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bancabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bancábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bancabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bancar?
- /banˈkaɾ/
- [bãŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bancar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bancar in Spanish?
bancar appears 1.7 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).