el banco
bank
Es un lugar donde las personas guardan su dinero y pueden pedir préstamos o hacer pagos.
Definition & meaning
- Bank: a financial institution, or its office.
- Bench: a long seat, typically for several people.
- School or shoal: a large group of fish swimming together.
- Bank or bed: a natural accumulation, such as a sandbank.
Grammar & Word origin
Banco is a masculine noun: el banco. Its plural is bancos. It comes from a Germanic word meaning “bench”; the financial sense developed from the benches or counters used by money changers.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Financial institution: entidad financiera is a broader, more formal term that includes institutions other than banks.
- Seat: banquillo usually refers to a smaller bench or a bench used by substitutes or defendants.
- Group of fish: cardumen specifically means a school of fish.
There is no general antonym covering all meanings of banco.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
El banco está cerca de mi casa.noun
The bank is near my house.
Necesito ir al banco por la tarde.noun
I need to go to the bank in the afternoon.
Nos encontramos en el banco a las diez.noun
We meet at the bank at ten.
Mi madre trabaja en un banco.noun
My mother works at a bank.
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