abancalar

From a- +‎ bancal (“terrace, plot of land”) +‎ -ar.

Bancal is possibly from Andalusian Arabic منقالة (manqála), or from banco (“bench (for rowers)”).

• IPA^(key): /abankaˈlaɾ/ [a.β̞ãŋ.kaˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧ca‧lar

abancalar (first-person singular present abancalo, first-person singular preterite abancalé, past participle abancalado)

1. (transitive) to terrace

• “abancalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

• “abancalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16