banqueta
French
Galician
Etymology
From Middle French banquet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baŋˈketa̝/
References
- “banqueta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “banqueta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “banqueta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From banca (“bench”) + -eta (diminutive suffix). The sense of sidewalk comes from the platfoms, like low benches, which were used for walking on streets aside houses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈketa/, [bãŋˈket̪a]
Noun
banqueta f (plural banquetas)
- (furniture) footstool
- Synonym: reposapiés, escabel, taburete
- (furniture) small bench
- (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) sidewalk
Derived terms
- banquetazo
Further reading
- “banqueta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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