banca

See also: bancá and bancă

English

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish banca, from Tagalog bangka.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /bɐŋˈkaʔ/

Noun

banca (plural bancas)

1. (Philippines, nautical) A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
   • 1908, W. W. Pettit, “Fourth Grade Civics: 13th Meeting—Water Supply”, in Philippine Education‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, Manila, page 29:

     In towns on plains near the sea it is difficult to secure good water. The rivers are salt and water has to be carried in bancas many miles. An open banca is neither a clean nor a safe way to carry water.

Derived terms

• motor banca
• motorized banca

See also

• parao

Asturian

Alternative forms

• bancu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

banca f (plural banques)

1. (large) bench
2. bank (building)
3. bank (institution)
4. trough
5. pot (of a lottery)

Catalan

Etymology

From banc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbaŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaŋ.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

banca f (plural banques)

1. low bench
2. banking system

Further reading

• “banca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “banca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “banca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “banca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Corsican

Etymology

Of Germanic origin. Akin to Italian banca, see there for more. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanka/

Noun

banca f (plural banche)

1. bank

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Galician

Etymology

From banco,

Borrowed from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Compare English bench and bank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋka/ [ˈbɑŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -aŋka
• Hyphenation: ban‧ca

Noun

banca f (plural bancas)

1. settle (bench)
2. (economics) banking (business)
3. (economics) the occupation
4. (economics) a bank

   Synonym: banco

5. (board games) bank

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “banca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “banca”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Istriot

Alternative forms

• banco

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

banca f

1. bench, table

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 89
• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 36

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (una banca):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: bàn‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic bank (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). Cognates include Spanish banco and Portuguese banco. Doublet of banco and panca.

Noun

banca f (plural banche)

1. bank (financial institution)

Descendants

See banco for descendants.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

banca

1. inflection of bancare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lombard

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋka/
• (Bergamasque) IPA^(key): /baŋk/

Etymology 1

From either Lombardic panch or Frankish.

Noun

banca m (plural banch)

1. bench

Etymology 2

From Old Lombard panka, from Lombardic bank.

Noun

banca m (plural banch)

1. bank (clarification of this definition is needed)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧ca

Noun

banca f (plural bancas)

1. stall (a small open-fronted shop)

   Synonym: (Brazil) estande

2. booth (a small stall for the display and sale of goods)
3. newsstand (open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale)
4. (economics) banking
5. (Brazil) jury (a group of people whose aim is to judge something)

Etymology 2

Verb

banca

1. inflection of bancar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “banca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “banca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanka]

Noun

banca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bancă

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian banca. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

banca m (genitive singular banca, plural bancaichean)

1. bank (an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs)

Related terms

• bancair m
• bancaireachd f

References

• “banca” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanka/ [ˈbãŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: ban‧ca

Etymology 1

From banco.

Noun

banca f (plural bancas)

1. small bench

   Synonym: banqueta

2. seat (in an elective body)

   Synonyms: escaño, curul

3. financial system
4. (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay

Derived terms

• banca electrónica
• banca privada
• bancar
• bancarizar
• banquita
• calientabancas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bangka.

Noun

banca f (plural bancas)

1. (Philippines, nautical) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines

Etymology 3

Verb

banca

1. inflection of bancar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “banca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 112