el
masculine
/ˈbaŋko/
#779 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
bank; bench
Word origin
From a Germanic root banka ('bench'), the money sense arising from the benches of medieval moneychangers. The same root gives English bench and bank.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- banka
- English cognates
- bank, bench
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbancos
Examples
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I have to go to the bank this morning.
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They sat on a bench in the park.
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The bank opens at nine.
préstamo explicación .
The bank did not give me the loan with no clear explanation.
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I spent the afternoon reading on a bench by the river.
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I have to go to the bank before two o'clock.
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