banquillo

Spanish

The bench of FC Barcelona in 2010

Etymology

From banco +‎ -illo.

Noun

banquillo m (plural banquillos)

1. (law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)

   Synonym: banquillo de los acusados

2. (sports) bench (the place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing)

Derived terms

• mover el banquillo

Related terms

• banco

Further reading

• “banquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “banquillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010