banquina

Spanish

Noun

banquina f (plural banquinas)

1. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) shoulder (part of a road)
   • 2016 January, “Hallan sana y salva a niña secuestrada por su padre”, in El Pais (Uruguay)‎^[1]:

     Cada vez que veía acercarse a un auto, obligaba a la pequeña a esconderse en la banquina.

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Further reading

• “banquina”, 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