banquillo

 

The bench of FC Barcelona in 2010

From banco +‎ -illo.

banquillo m (plural banquillos)

1. (law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)

   Synonym: banquillo de los acusados

2. (sports) bench (the place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing)

• “banquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28