bancada

From banc +‎ -ada.

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

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

• “bancada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

• Hyphenation: ban‧ca‧da

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)

bancada f sg

1. feminine singular of bancado

• “bancada” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “bancada” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “bancada” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “bancada” in Dicionário Online de Português.

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

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.

bancada f sg

1. feminine singular of bancado

• “bancada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “bancada” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.