sotabanco
Spanish, noun[sot̪aˈβ̞ãŋko]
sotabanco is spelled S-O-T-A-B-A-N-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sotabanco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “attic (room)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Zócalo ó moldura que se fabrica sobre la cornisa, para que, arrancando la bóveda desde él, se vea bien toda…”.
What does sotabanco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineattic (room)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zócalo ó moldura que se fabrica sobre la cornisa, para que, arrancando la bóveda desde él, se vea bien toda su vuelta.
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 sotabanco
- sotabancos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sotabanco?
- [sot̪aˈβ̞ãŋko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sotabanco in Spanish?
sotabanco appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).