banquillo

Spanish

The bench of FC Barcelona in 2010

Etymology

From banco +‎ -illo.

Noun

banquillo m (plural banquillos)

(law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)
Synonym: banquillo de los acusados
(sports) bench (the place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing)

Related terms

banco

Further reading

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

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