# abancalar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bancal (“terrace, plot of land”) +‎ -ar.
Bancal is possibly from Andalusian Arabic منقالة (manqála), or from banco (“bench (for rowers)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abankaˈlaɾ/ [a.β̞ãŋ.kaˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ban‧ca‧lar

### Verb

abancalar (first-person singular present abancalo, first-person singular preterite abancalé, past participle abancalado)
* (transitive) to terrace

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | abancalar | abancalar | abancalar | abancalar | abancalar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | abancalando | abancalando | abancalando | abancalando | abancalando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | abancalado | abancalado | abancalada | abancalada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | abancalados | abancalados | abancaladas | abancaladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | abancalo | abancalas$^{tú}$ abancalás$^{vos}$ | abancala | abancalamos | abancaláis | abancalan |
| indicative | imperfect | abancalaba | abancalabas | abancalaba | abancalábamos | abancalabais | abancalaban |
| indicative | preterite | abancalé | abancalaste | abancaló | abancalamos | abancalasteis | abancalaron |
| indicative | future | abancalaré | abancalarás | abancalará | abancalaremos | abancalaréis | abancalarán |
| indicative | conditional | abancalaría | abancalarías | abancalaría | abancalaríamos | abancalaríais | abancalarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | abancale | abancales$^{tú}$ abancalés$^{vos2}$ | abancale | abancalemos | abancaléis | abancalen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | abancalara | abancalaras | abancalara | abancaláramos | abancalarais | abancalaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | abancalase | abancalases | abancalase | abancalásemos | abancalaseis | abancalasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | abancalare | abancalares | abancalare | abancaláremos | abancalareis | abancalaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | abancala$^{tú}$ abancalá$^{vos}$ | abancale | abancalemos | abancalad | abancalen |
| imperative | negative | | no abancales | no abancale | no abancalemos | no abancaléis | no abancalen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### References

* “abancalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
* Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “abancalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014