abancar

From a- +‎ banco (“bank”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key):

abancar (first-person singular present abanco, first-person singular preterite abanquei, past participle abancado)

1. to ford; to cross an obstacle

   Synonym: cruzar

2. to get ahead (on work)

• banco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abancar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abancar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ banco +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧car

abancar (first-person singular present abanco, first-person singular preterite abanquei, past participle abancado)

1. to sit, especially on a bench
2. to supply with benches
3. to stay somewhere for a long time

• “abancar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025