bancada

Catalan

Etymology

From banc +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəŋˈka.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baŋˈka.ða]

Noun

bancada f (plural bancades)

1. bedrail, side rail
2. benchful (people sitting on a bench)
3. (nautical) thwart
4. (horticulture) space between rows of trees, grapevines, etc.

   Synonym: camada

5. (of engines, machines) bed, body
6. (anatomy, Valencia) dentition

Further reading

• “bancada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈka.dɐ/ [bɐ̃ˈka.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ban‧ca‧da

Noun

bancada f (plural bancadas)

1. seats
2. grandstand, stands, terraces (the seating area at a stadium or arena)

   Synonym: arquibancada

3. grandstand (the audience at a public event)
4. (politics) legislators (in a Parliament, a group of legislators from the same party, or the corresponding seats)
5. workbench (sturdy table)

Participle

bancada f sg

1. feminine singular of bancado

Further reading

• “bancada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bancada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “bancada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bancada”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “bancada”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈkada/ [bãŋˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ban‧ca‧da

Noun

bancada f (plural bancadas)

1. (politics) legislators (in a Parliament, a group of legislators from the same party, or the corresponding seats)
   • 2009 May 26, “Obama nombra hispana para Corte Suprema”, in BBC Mundo‎:

     De ser confirmada por el Senado, Sotomayor será la primera hispana en ocupar una bancada en el máximo tribunal y reemplazará a David Souter, quien hace dos semanas anunció su retiro.

     In being confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic woman to occupy a bench in the highest court and will replace David Souter, who two weeks ago announced his retirement.

Related terms

• banco

Participle

bancada f sg

1. feminine singular of bancado

Further reading

• “bancada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “bancada” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.