bancar

Portuguese

Etymology

From banco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [bɐ̃ˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [bɐ̃ˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [bɐ̃ˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ban‧car

Verb

bancar (first-person singular present banco, first-person singular preterite banquei, past participle bancado)

1. (transitive) to fund, to finance
2. (colloquial, copulative) to behave like [some kind of person], to play

Usage notes

• The copulative sense is followed by the definite article, e.g. bancar o conquistador (“play the conqueror”).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bancar
Personal	bancar	bancares	bancar	bancarmos	bancardes	bancarem
Gerund
	bancando
Past participle
Masculine	bancado			bancados
Feminine	bancada			bancadas
Indicative
Present	banco	bancas	banca	bancamos	bancais	bancam
Imperfect	bancava	bancavas	bancava	bancávamos	bancáveis	bancavam
Preterite	banquei	bancaste	bancou	bancamos1, bancámos2	bancastes	bancaram
Pluperfect	bancara	bancaras	bancara	bancáramos	bancáreis	bancaram
Future	bancarei	bancarás	bancará	bancaremos	bancareis	bancarão
Conditional	bancaria	bancarias	bancaria	bancaríamos	bancaríeis	bancariam
Subjunctive
Present	banque	banques	banque	banquemos	banqueis	banquem
Imperfect	bancasse	bancasses	bancasse	bancássemos	bancásseis	bancassem
Future	bancar	bancares	bancar	bancarmos	bancardes	bancarem
Imperative
Affirmative		banca	banque	banquemos	bancai	banquem
Negative (não)		não banques	não banque	não banquemos	não banqueis	não banquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• HOUAISS, Antônio and DE SALLES VILLAR, Mauro Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bancario or French bancaire.

Adjective

bancar m or n (feminine singular bancară, masculine plural bancari, feminine/neuter plural bancare)

1. bank, banking

Declension

Declension of bancar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bancar		bancară	bancari	bancare
	definite	bancarul		bancara	bancarii	bancarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bancar		bancare	bancari	bancare
	definite	bancarului		bancarei	bancarilor	bancarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From banca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈkaɾ/ [bãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ban‧car

Verb

bancar (first-person singular present banco, first-person singular preterite banqué, past participle bancado)

1. (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial, slang in Spain) to support someone or something, to agree

   Synonyms: estar de acuerdo, apoyar

   Yo banco a mi amigo.
   Yo también lo banco.

   I agree with my friend.
   I support him too.

   No banco. ¿Bancas?

   I don't support it. Do you?

   Because of its colloquial nature, the direct object can be omitted when it is an idea, so it is possible to say “banco” or “no banco” instead of “(no) lo banco” [it, that idea].

2. (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial) to stand, to put up with

   Synonyms: soportar, aguantar, apoyar

3. (transitive, Uruguay) to pick up the tab, to foot the bill
4. (transitive, Argentina) to remain committed to; to stand by someone or something done or said

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bancar
gerund			bancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bancado		bancada
		plural		bancados		bancadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	banco	bancastú bancásvos	banca	bancamos	bancáis	bancan
	imperfect	bancaba	bancabas	bancaba	bancábamos	bancabais	bancaban
	preterite	banqué	bancaste	bancó	bancamos	bancasteis	bancaron
	future	bancaré	bancarás	bancará	bancaremos	bancaréis	bancarán
	conditional	bancaría	bancarías	bancaría	bancaríamos	bancaríais	bancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	banque	banquestú banquésvos2	banque	banquemos	banquéis	banquen
	imperfect (ra)	bancara	bancaras	bancara	bancáramos	bancarais	bancaran
	imperfect (se)	bancase	bancases	bancase	bancásemos	bancaseis	bancasen
	future1	bancare	bancares	bancare	bancáremos	bancareis	bancaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bancatú bancávos	banque	banquemos	bancad	banquen
	negative		no banques	no banque	no banquemos	no banquéis	no banquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of bancar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive bancar	dative	bancarme	bancarte	bancarle, bancarse	bancarnos	bancaros	bancarles, bancarse
	accusative	bancarme	bancarte	bancarlo, bancarla, bancarse	bancarnos	bancaros	bancarlos, bancarlas, bancarse
with gerund bancando	dative	bancándome	bancándote	bancándole, bancándose	bancándonos	bancándoos	bancándoles, bancándose
	accusative	bancándome	bancándote	bancándolo, bancándola, bancándose	bancándonos	bancándoos	bancándolos, bancándolas, bancándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative banca	dative	báncame	báncate	báncale	báncanos	not used	báncales
	accusative	báncame	báncate	báncalo, báncala	báncanos	not used	báncalos, báncalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative bancá	dative	bancame	bancate	bancale	bancanos	not used	bancales
	accusative	bancame	bancate	bancalo, bancala	bancanos	not used	bancalos, bancalas
with formal second-person singular imperative banque	dative	bánqueme	not used	bánquele, bánquese	bánquenos	not used	bánqueles
	accusative	bánqueme	not used	bánquelo, bánquela, bánquese	bánquenos	not used	bánquelos, bánquelas
with first-person plural imperative banquemos	dative	not used	banquémoste	banquémosle	banquémonos	banquémoos	banquémosles
	accusative	not used	banquémoste	banquémoslo, banquémosla	banquémonos	banquémoos	banquémoslos, banquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bancad	dative	bancadme	not used	bancadle	bancadnos	bancaos	bancadles
	accusative	bancadme	not used	bancadlo, bancadla	bancadnos	bancaos	bancadlos, bancadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative banquen	dative	bánquenme	not used	bánquenle	bánquennos	not used	bánquenles, bánquense
	accusative	bánquenme	not used	bánquenlo, bánquenla	bánquennos	not used	bánquenlos, bánquenlas, bánquense

Further reading

• “bancar”, 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
• “bancar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010