mesabanco

Spanish

Etymology

Compound of mesa (“desk”) +‎ banco (“bench”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mesaˈbanko/ [me.saˈβ̞ãŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: me‧sa‧ban‧co

Noun

mesabanco m (plural mesabancos)

1. (Mexico) a student desk

   Synonym: pupitre

Further reading

• “mesabanco”, 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