What does «banquear» mean in Spanish?
- Leveling the ground to later construct a building or flatten a road.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Spain - Taking the position of another without asking permission.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "estaba en la cola, me distraje un segundo saludando a alguien y me banquearon, perdiendo así mi puesto".
- To bank; to link a person to a banking entity through some service offered by it.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Taking a car or engine to a test bench, which allows to check its performance in various situations.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Los motores salen certificados con informes de banqueo".
- Being a banker, in games and in business.
♦ Used in: Cuba - Being a substitute player in a game (waiting on the bench).
♦ Used in: Honduras - Mexico - Salvador
Examples of use in Spanish: "el entrenador dijo que haber banqueado al portero Iker Casillas en el primer partido de la Eurocopa 2016 fue una decisión muy dolorosa".
- Open bets in a bank (bookmaker).
♦ Used in: Dominican Republic - Maintaining a certain romantic interest with someone through social networks, but without making it sexually concrete. Neologism coined by New York Times writer Jason Chen. It comes from "benching" someone.
- Make terraces or landings on the slopes for planting.
♦ Used in: Spain - Obtain exams from past years of some subject, reviewing them all, in order to be able to face the next exam.
♦ Used in: Mexico