banda

See also: bånda and bandą

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

Noun

banda (countable and uncountable, plural bandas) (music)

1. (uncountable) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
   • 2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.

2. (countable) An ensemble playing such music.

Further reading

• Banda music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A band, aband

Acehnese

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD	banda
Husaini
Jawoe	بندر

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banᵈa/

Noun

banda (Jawoe spelling بندر)

1. harbour, port
2. A coastal town

   Synonym: barôh

3. A trading town; A commercial city (the centre of commerce)
4. capital city (an important city and/or a bustling and prosperous city)

   banda Acèh ― The capital city of Aceh; Banda Aceh

5. A croupier (somebody who is being challenged to gamble by other gamblers)

Adjective

banda (Jawoe spelling بندر)

1. citylike (a bustling and/or prosperous settlement)

   Nanggroe nyan banda that ― That country is bustling

References

• “banda”, in Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1985, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 56
• “بندر”, in Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎^[4] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1889, page 40

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bánd.

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈban.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈban.da]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bindā, *bindu (“band, ribbon”). Doublet of bena.

Noun

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, sash
2. side

   Synonym: costat

3. (heraldry) bend

Derived terms

• a banda
• a banda i banda
• a totes bandes
• banda sonora
• banda-faixa
• banda-pal
• bandada
• bandat
• bandola
• cap-banda
• contrabanda
• d'altra banda
• pla-banda

Etymology 2

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, gang
2. (anthropology) band
3. (music) band (especially one consisting mainly of wind and percussion instruments)

Derived terms

• banda simfònica
• bandada

Related terms

• bandera

Further reading

• “banda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “banda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “banda”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]

Noun

banda f

1. (informal) gang, crowd, band

Declension

Declension of banda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	banda	bandy
genitive	bandy	band
dative	bandě	bandám
accusative	bandu	bandy
vocative	bando	bandy
locative	bandě	bandách
instrumental	bandou	bandami

Further reading

• “banda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “banda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “banda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.da/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

banda

1. third-person singular past historic of bander

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

First attested in the 14th century. From Old French bande, bende, from Frankish *bindā, bindu, from Proto-Germanic *bindō (“band”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, strip
2. (hydrology) bank
3. (heraldry) bend
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 129:

     Pytagoras era moy bõo caualeyro et moy ardido, et tragia hũ escudo de argẽte et de vermello cõ bandas ao traues

     Pytagoras was a very good knight and very valiant, and he was wearing a shield of silver and red, with traversal bands

Derived terms

• Bandorrío

Etymology 2

15th century. Uncertain. Perhaps from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. organized group of people
2. band (musical group)

Derived terms

• bandada
• bandear
• bandexa

Related terms

• bandeira
• bando

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. side
   • 1496, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 733:

     outra leyra jaz a caron de outra de Lourenço d'Alen, e da outra banda parte con outra de Gonçalo Carreira

     the other field is by another of Lourenzo d'Alén, and on the other side it departs from another belonging to Gonzalo Carreira

2. bank; flank
3. (figurative) place; land

Derived terms

• Calabanda
• de banda a banda
• Desabanda
• Esabanda
• fala-en-banda
• por outra banda

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “banda”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'franxa, cinta'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'grupo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'lado'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “banda”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “banda”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Gooniyandi

Noun

banda

1. the ground
2. dirt

References

• William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN)

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bàn.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bàn.dáː]

Noun

bàndā f (possessed form bàndar̃)

1. meat or fish dried over a fire

Hiligaynon

Noun

bánda

1. strap

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1787. Borrowed from Italian banda (“group”). Perhaps via German Bande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒndɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ban‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

banda (plural bandák)

1. gang (group of criminals who band together)

   Synonyms: bűnbanda, bűnszövetkezet

2. (derogatory) band, crew, mob (unruly group of people)

   Synonyms: bagázs, brancs, galeri, kompánia

3. (colloquial, humorous) team, band (group of people being in some relation)

   Synonyms: brancs, csapat, csoport, kompánia, társaság

4. (colloquial, music) band (group of people playing popular music)

   Synonyms: együttes, zenekar

5. (dated, dialectal) workgroup, crew

   Synonyms: brigád, munkacsapat

6. (dialectal, music) gypsy orchestra

   Synonym: cigányzenekar

   • 1851, János Arany, A nagyidai cigányok‎^[5], canto 1:

     S legottan vitézlő férfiak menének, / Hogy kihoznák a port, ágyut töltenének. / Rárántá azonban Juhgége s a banda, / Megkezdé a táncot legelébb a vajda.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (card games) four cards of the same suit (in ferbli)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	banda	bandák
accusative	bandát	bandákat
dative	bandának	bandáknak
instrumental	bandával	bandákkal
causal-final	bandáért	bandákért
translative	bandává	bandákká
terminative	bandáig	bandákig
essive-formal	bandaként	bandákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bandában	bandákban
superessive	bandán	bandákon
adessive	bandánál	bandáknál
illative	bandába	bandákba
sublative	bandára	bandákra
allative	bandához	bandákhoz
elative	bandából	bandákból
delative	bandáról	bandákról
ablative	bandától	bandáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bandáé	bandáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bandáéi	bandákéi

Possessive forms of banda

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bandám	bandáim
2nd person sing.	bandád	bandáid
3rd person sing.	bandája	bandái
1st person plural	bandánk	bandáink
2nd person plural	bandátok	bandáitok
3rd person plural	bandájuk	bandáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• bandafőnök
• bandaháború
• bandatag
• bandavezér
• rezesbanda

Further reading

• banda in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• banda in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.da/

Noun

banda

1. orange (colour)

Adjective

banda

1. orange (colour)

Colors in Iban · chura (layout · text)

burak	engkari	chelum
mirah; [Term?]	banda; pirang	kuning; [Term?]
[Term?]	ijau, gadung	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]	biru
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; engkodok	kalas

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpanta]
• Rhymes: -anta

Verb

banda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bandaði, supine bandað)

1. to beckon, to wave at [with dative]

Conjugation

banda – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að banda
supine sagnbót		bandað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bandandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	banda	bandaði		bandi	bandaði
	þú	bandar	bandaðir		bandir	bandaðir
	hann, hún, það	bandar	bandaði		bandi	bandaði
plural	við	böndum	bönduðum		böndum	bönduðum
	þið	bandið	bönduðuð		bandið	bönduðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	banda	bönduðu		bandi	bönduðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	banda (þú), bandaðu
plural	þið	bandið (þið), bandiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bandast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að bandast
supine sagnbót		bandast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		bandandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	bandast	bandaðist		bandist	bandaðist
	þú	bandast	bandaðist		bandist	bandaðist
	hann, hún, það	bandast	bandaðist		bandist	bandaðist
plural	við	böndumst	bönduðumst		böndumst	bönduðumst
	þið	bandist	bönduðust		bandist	bönduðust
	þeir, þær, þau	bandast	bönduðust		bandist	bönduðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	bandast (þú), bandastu
plural	þið	bandist (þið), bandisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bandaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bandaður	bönduð	bandað	bandaðir	bandaðar	bönduð
accusative (þolfall)	bandaðan	bandaða	bandað	bandaða	bandaðar	bönduð
dative (þágufall)	bönduðum	bandaðri	bönduðu	bönduðum	bönduðum	bönduðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bandaðs	bandaðrar	bandaðs	bandaðra	bandaðra	bandaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bandaði	bandaða	bandaða	bönduðu	bönduðu	bönduðu
accusative (þolfall)	bandaða	bönduðu	bandaða	bönduðu	bönduðu	bönduðu
dative (þágufall)	bandaða	bönduðu	bandaða	bönduðu	bönduðu	bönduðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bandaða	bönduðu	bandaða	bönduðu	bönduðu	bönduðu

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ (bandha), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

Noun

banda (plural banda-banda)

1. (dialect, Java) wealth

   Synonym: kekayaan

Alternative forms

• bandha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda), from Old Javanese bandha, baddha (“band, tie, chain”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Noun

banda (plural banda-banda) (dialectal, Java)

1. tape, ribbon, band

   Synonym: pita

2. tie

   Synonym: ikat

3. rope

   Synonym: tali

Further reading

• “banda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Noun

banda (plural bandas)

1. cord, string, tendon
2. tape
3. band, strip

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠan̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English band.

Noun

banda m (genitive singular banda, nominative plural bandaí)

1. band (myriad senses)

Declension

Declension of banda (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banda bandaí vocative a bhanda a bhandaí genitive banda bandaí dative banda bandaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banda na bandaí genitive an bhanda na mbandaí dative leis an mbanda don bhanda leis na bandaí

Derived terms

• banda allais (“sweat-band”)
• banda bealaidh (“grease-band”)
• banda boilg (“belly-band”)
• banda coime (“waist-band”)
• banda coscáin (“brake-band”)
• banda minicíochta (“frequency band”)
• banda muinchille (“wrist-band”)
• banda muiníl (“neck-band”)
• bandach (“banded”, adjective)
• bandán (“bend”) (heraldry)
• bandearrach (“ring-tailed”, adjective)
• coscán banda (“band-brake”)
• iarann bandaí (“strip-iron”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish banda, from ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -da.

Adjective

banda

1. womanly
2. feminine

Declension

Declension of banda

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	banda	bhanda	banda; bhanda2
vocative	bhanda		banda
genitive		banda	banda	banda
dative	banda; bhanda1	bhanda	banda; bhanda2
Comparative	níos banda
Superlative	is banda

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• an cineál banda (“the fair sex”)
• bandacht (“womanliness, femininity”)
• bandáil (“company, assembly, of women”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of banda

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banda	bhanda	mbanda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “banda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 banda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Istriot

Etymology

From Old Occitan, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“tie, join, link”). Compare French bande, Italian banda.

Noun

banda f

1. side
2. band

References

• Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 37

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: bàn‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“tie, join, link”). Compare French bande.

Noun

banda f (plural bande)

1. side
2. tape or strip
3. (heraldry) bend

Derived terms

• sbandare

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin banda, possibly of Gothic origin. See Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa) and 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō).

Noun

banda f (plural bande)

1. band (in all senses)
2. gang or group

Javanese

Romanization

banda

1. romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese banda.

Noun

banda

1. side

Kambera

Noun

banda

1. cattle

Further reading

• Marian Klamer (1998), A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 10

Kituba

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bánd.

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi banda.

Verb

-banda (infinitive kobanda)

1. to begin

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda

Noun

banda f (plural bnadi)

1. side
2. (music) band

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bandene

Noun

banda n pl

1. definite plural of band

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

banda n

1. definite plural of band

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bande

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (group of musicians)

Old Norse

Noun

banda

1. genitive plural of band

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese bandader.

Portuguese bandader.

Kabuverdianu bandader.

Papiamentu banda

Derived from Portuguese banda and Kabuverdianu banda.

Preposition

banda

1. next to
2. around

Noun

banda

1. surroundings
2. side

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *bandabor.

Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa)bor.

Old Occitan bandabor.

French bandebor.

Polish banda

Borrowed from French bande.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈban.da]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda f

1. gang (group of criminals)

   Synonyms: gang, szajka

2. (colloquial) band, clique, crew (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)

   Synonym: paczka

3. (colloquial or Zagórze) mob (group of loud and rambunctious people)

   Synonym: zgraja

4. barrier (protective fence around a racetrack)
5. cushion (lip around a table in cue sports)

Declension

Declension of banda

	singular	plural
nominative	banda	bandy
genitive	bandy	band
dative	bandzie	bandom
accusative	bandę	bandy
instrumental	bandą	bandami
locative	bandzie	bandach
vocative	bando	bandy

Further reading

• “banda”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “banda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “banda”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[8] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 3

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.da/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”), from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, stripe
2. side
3. (heraldry) bend
4. (nautical) list

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bande (“group, gang”), from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandu or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (of people, musical, of frequencies)

Derived terms

• banda larga

Further reading

• “banda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “banda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rohingya

Etymology

Derived from Bengali বারান্দা (baranda), Borrowed from Portuguese varanda.

Noun

banda

1. veranda, balcony
2. living room

References

• ⁠IOM International (2013-), “banda”, in “Rohingya Dictionary”, in Webonary.org (overall work in English, Burmese, and German), SIL Global

Romanian

Alternative forms

• банда (banda) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Noun

banda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bandă

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːnda/
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

From Italian banda.

Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. gang

Declension

Declension of banda

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃnda	bande
genitive	bande	bȃndā/bȃndī
dative	bandi	bandama
accusative	bandu	bande
vocative	bando	bande
locative	bandi	bandama
instrumental	bandom	bandama

References

• “banda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

From Italian banda (“side”).

Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. (Chakavian) side

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈbãn̪.d̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Frankish *bindābor.

Old French bande

Middle French bande

French bandebor.

Spanish banda

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, sash
2. (heraldry) bend

Hyponyms

• banda ancha
• banda de fluctuación
• banda de frecuencia
• Banda de los Cuatro
• banda de rodamiento
• banda de sonido
• Banda Oriental
• banda sonora

Derived terms

• ancho de banda
• arriar en banda
• arroz a banda
• banda de guerra
• bandera
• cerrarse en banda
• estar en banda
• línea de banda
• saque de banda
• soltar en banda

Related terms

• bandido
• bandolero

See also

• pandilla
• venda

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Some authors have proposed Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign”), however, this remains unclear: Corominas and Pascual have disputed a Germanic origin for this sense and for bando (“faction, flock”) on the basis of the late appearance of the term in French; they also dispute a Paleo-Hispanic origin due to the conservation of -d-, which cannot be explained. Doublet of bando (“faction; swarm”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. (music) band (musical group)
2. gang, band, group

Derived terms

• bandera

Descendants

• → English: banda

Further reading

• “banda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “banda II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[9] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 485-487

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀bánjá.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

banda class V (plural mabanda class VI)

1. shed (stable in a barn)

   banda la farasi ― stable

   banda la kuku ― chicken barn

   banda la ndege ― bird nest or hangar

Derived terms

• kibanda

Swedish

Etymology

band +‎ -a

Verb

banda (present bandar, preterite bandade, supine bandat, imperative banda)

1. to tape, to record to a magnetic tape

Conjugation

Conjugation of banda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	banda		bandas
supine	bandat		bandats
imperative	banda		—
imper. plural1	banden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bandar	bandade	bandas	bandades
ind. plural1	banda	bandade	bandas	bandades
subjunctive2	bande	bandade	bandes	bandades
present participle		bandande
past participle		bandad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• bandning

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -anda
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. band (of musicians)

   Maraming banda ang tutugtog sa palabas.

   Many bands will perform in the show.

2. group of people, animals, fowl, etc.

Derived terms

• magbanda
• makipagbanda
• pagbabanda

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; sash”), from French bande, from Old French bande, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. narrow strip of band (such as ribbon or metal bands)

Related terms

• abanderado
• bandera
• bandereta
• banderilya
• banderin

Etymology 3

Early borrowing from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”). Similar to etymology 1 but borrowed earlier, shown by the shift in stress.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. direction; side; place

   Synonyms: dako, gawi

Derived terms

• banda sa
• sa kabilang banda

Preposition

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. around (of location or time)

   Aalis ako nang bandang alas kuwatro ng hapon.

   I'll leave at around four PM.

   Banda roon lang nakalagay ang susi.

   The keys have been placed just around there.

   Dito banda dumaan si Tatay.

   Father passed around here.

See also

• dapit

Further reading

• “banda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 38

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-bânda

1. (intransitive) to be cold

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-banda^?

1. (intransitive) to be cold

Inflection

tone H (infinitive ukubanda)

	positive	negative
infinitive	ukubanda	ukungabandi
imperative
	simple	+ object concord
singular	banda	-bande
plural	bandani	-bandeni
present
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyabanda, ngibanda	engibandayo, engibanda	ngibanda	angibandi	engingabandi	ngingabandi
2nd singular	uyabanda, ubanda	obandayo, obanda	ubanda	awubandi	ongabandi	ungabandi
1st plural	siyabanda, sibanda	esibandayo, esibanda	sibanda	asibandi	esingabandi	singabandi
2nd plural	niyabanda, nibanda	enibandayo, enibanda	nibanda	anibandi	eningabandi	ningabandi
class 1	uyabanda, ubanda	obandayo, obanda	ebanda	akabandi	ongabandi	engabandi
class 2	bayabanda, babanda	ababandayo, ababanda	bebanda	ababandi	abangabandi	bengabandi
class 3	uyabanda, ubanda	obandayo, obanda	ubanda	awubandi	ongabandi	ungabandi
class 4	iyabanda, ibanda	ebandayo, ebanda	ibanda	ayibandi	engabandi	ingabandi
class 5	liyabanda, libanda	elibandayo, elibanda	libanda	alibandi	elingabandi	lingabandi
class 6	ayabanda, abanda	abandayo, abanda	ebanda	awabandi	angabandi	engabandi
class 7	siyabanda, sibanda	esibandayo, esibanda	sibanda	asibandi	esingabandi	singabandi
class 8	ziyabanda, zibanda	ezibandayo, ezibanda	zibanda	azibandi	ezingabandi	zingabandi
class 9	iyabanda, ibanda	ebandayo, ebanda	ibanda	ayibandi	engabandi	ingabandi
class 10	ziyabanda, zibanda	ezibandayo, ezibanda	zibanda	azibandi	ezingabandi	zingabandi
class 11	luyabanda, lubanda	olubandayo, olubanda	lubanda	alubandi	olungabandi	lungabandi
class 14	buyabanda, bubanda	obubandayo, obubanda	bubanda	abubandi	obungabandi	bungabandi
class 15	kuyabanda, kubanda	okubandayo, okubanda	kubanda	akubandi	okungabandi	kungabandi
class 17	kuyabanda, kubanda	okubandayo, okubanda	kubanda	akubandi	okungabandi	kungabandi
recent past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngibandile, ngibandē	engibandile, engibandē	ngibandile, ngibandē	angibandanga	engingabandanga	ngingabandanga
2nd singular	ubandile, ubandē	obandile, obandē	ubandile, ubandē	awubandanga	ongabandanga	ungabandanga
1st plural	sibandile, sibandē	esibandile, esibandē	sibandile, sibandē	asibandanga	esingabandanga	singabandanga
2nd plural	nibandile, nibandē	enibandile, enibandē	nibandile, nibandē	anibandanga	eningabandanga	ningabandanga
class 1	ubandile, ubandē	obandile, obandē	ebandile, ebandē	akabandanga	ongabandanga	engabandanga
class 2	babandile, babandē	ababandile, ababandē	bebandile, bebandē	ababandanga	abangabandanga	bengabandanga
class 3	ubandile, ubandē	obandile, obandē	ubandile, ubandē	awubandanga	ongabandanga	ungabandanga
class 4	ibandile, ibandē	ebandile, ebandē	ibandile, ibandē	ayibandanga	engabandanga	ingabandanga
class 5	libandile, libandē	elibandile, elibandē	libandile, libandē	alibandanga	elingabandanga	lingabandanga
class 6	abandile, abandē	abandile, abandē	ebandile, ebandē	awabandanga	angabandanga	engabandanga
class 7	sibandile, sibandē	esibandile, esibandē	sibandile, sibandē	asibandanga	esingabandanga	singabandanga
class 8	zibandile, zibandē	ezibandile, ezibandē	zibandile, zibandē	azibandanga	ezingabandanga	zingabandanga
class 9	ibandile, ibandē	ebandile, ebandē	ibandile, ibandē	ayibandanga	engabandanga	ingabandanga
class 10	zibandile, zibandē	ezibandile, ezibandē	zibandile, zibandē	azibandanga	ezingabandanga	zingabandanga
class 11	lubandile, lubandē	olubandile, olubandē	lubandile, lubandē	alubandanga	olungabandanga	lungabandanga
class 14	bubandile, bubandē	obubandile, obubandē	bubandile, bubandē	abubandanga	obungabandanga	bungabandanga
class 15	kubandile, kubandē	okubandile, okubandē	kubandile, kubandē	akubandanga	okungabandanga	kungabandanga
class 17	kubandile, kubandē	okubandile, okubandē	kubandile, kubandē	akubandanga	okungabandanga	kungabandanga
remote past
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngābanda	engābanda	ngābanda	angibandanga	engingabandanga	ngingabandanga
2nd singular	wābanda	owābanda	wābanda	awubandanga	ongabandanga	ungabandanga
1st plural	sābanda	esābanda	sābanda	asibandanga	esingabandanga	singabandanga
2nd plural	nābanda	enābanda	nābanda	anibandanga	eningabandanga	ningabandanga
class 1	wābanda	owābanda	ābanda	akabandanga	ongabandanga	engabandanga
class 2	bābanda	abābanda	bābanda	ababandanga	abangabandanga	bengabandanga
class 3	wābanda	owābanda	wābanda	awubandanga	ongabandanga	ungabandanga
class 4	yābanda	eyābanda	yābanda	ayibandanga	engabandanga	ingabandanga
class 5	lābanda	elābanda	lābanda	alibandanga	elingabandanga	lingabandanga
class 6	ābanda	ābanda	ābanda	awabandanga	angabandanga	engabandanga
class 7	sābanda	esābanda	sābanda	asibandanga	esingabandanga	singabandanga
class 8	zābanda	ezābanda	zābanda	azibandanga	ezingabandanga	zingabandanga
class 9	yābanda	eyābanda	yābanda	ayibandanga	engabandanga	ingabandanga
class 10	zābanda	ezābanda	zābanda	azibandanga	ezingabandanga	zingabandanga
class 11	lwābanda	olwābanda	lwābanda	alubandanga	olungabandanga	lungabandanga
class 14	bābanda	obābanda	bābanda	abubandanga	obungabandanga	bungabandanga
class 15	kwābanda	okwābanda	kwābanda	akubandanga	okungabandanga	kungabandanga
class 17	kwābanda	okwābanda	kwābanda	akubandanga	okungabandanga	kungabandanga
potential
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngingabanda	—	ngingabanda	ngingebande	—	ngingebande
2nd singular	ungabanda	—	ungabanda	ungebande	—	ungebande
1st plural	singabanda	—	singabanda	singebande	—	singebande
2nd plural	ningabanda	—	ningabanda	ningebande	—	ningebande
class 1	angabanda	—	engabanda	angebande	—	engebande
class 2	bangabanda	—	bengabanda	bangebande	—	bengebande
class 3	ungabanda	—	ungabanda	ungebande	—	ungebande
class 4	ingabanda	—	ingabanda	ingebande	—	ingebande
class 5	lingabanda	—	lingabanda	lingebande	—	lingebande
class 6	angabanda	—	engabanda	angebande	—	engebande
class 7	singabanda	—	singabanda	singebande	—	singebande
class 8	zingabanda	—	zingabanda	zingebande	—	zingebande
class 9	ingabanda	—	ingabanda	ingebande	—	ingebande
class 10	zingabanda	—	zingabanda	zingebande	—	zingebande
class 11	lungabanda	—	lungabanda	lungebande	—	lungebande
class 14	bungabanda	—	bungabanda	bungebande	—	bungebande
class 15	kungabanda	—	kungabanda	kungebande	—	kungebande
class 17	kungabanda	—	kungabanda	kungebande	—	kungebande
immediate future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngizobanda	engizobanda	ngizobanda	angizubanda	engingezubanda	ngingezubanda
2nd singular	uzobanda	ozobanda	uzobanda	awuzubanda	ongezubanda	ungezubanda
1st plural	sizobanda	esizobanda	sizobanda	asizubanda	esingezubanda	singezubanda
2nd plural	nizobanda	enizobanda	nizobanda	anizubanda	eningezubanda	ningezubanda
class 1	uzobanda	ozobanda	ezobanda	akazubanda	ongezubanda	engezubanda
class 2	bazobanda	abazobanda	bezobanda	abazubanda	abangezubanda	bengezubanda
class 3	uzobanda	ozobanda	uzobanda	awuzubanda	ongezubanda	ungezubanda
class 4	izobanda	ezobanda	izobanda	ayizubanda	engezubanda	ingezubanda
class 5	lizobanda	elizobanda	lizobanda	alizubanda	elingezubanda	lingezubanda
class 6	azobanda	azobanda	ezobanda	awazubanda	angezubanda	engezubanda
class 7	sizobanda	esizobanda	sizobanda	asizubanda	esingezubanda	singezubanda
class 8	zizobanda	ezizobanda	zizobanda	azizubanda	ezingezubanda	zingezubanda
class 9	izobanda	ezobanda	izobanda	ayizubanda	engezubanda	ingezubanda
class 10	zizobanda	ezizobanda	zizobanda	azizubanda	ezingezubanda	zingezubanda
class 11	luzobanda	oluzobanda	luzobanda	aluzubanda	olungezubanda	lungezubanda
class 14	buzobanda	obuzobanda	buzobanda	abuzubanda	obungezubanda	bungezubanda
class 15	kuzobanda	okuzobanda	kuzobanda	akuzubanda	okungezubanda	kungezubanda
class 17	kuzobanda	okuzobanda	kuzobanda	akuzubanda	okungezubanda	kungezubanda
remote future
	positive absolute	positive relative	positive participial	negative absolute	negative relative	negative participial
1st singular	ngiyobanda	engiyobanda	ngiyobanda	angiyubanda	engingeyubanda	ngingeyubanda
2nd singular	uyobanda	oyobanda	uyobanda	awuyubanda	ongeyubanda	ungeyubanda
1st plural	siyobanda	esiyobanda	siyobanda	asiyubanda	esingeyubanda	singeyubanda
2nd plural	niyobanda	eniyobanda	niyobanda	aniyubanda	eningeyubanda	ningeyubanda
class 1	uyobanda	oyobanda	eyobanda	akayubanda	ongeyubanda	engeyubanda
class 2	bayobanda	abayobanda	beyobanda	abayubanda	abangeyubanda	bengeyubanda
class 3	uyobanda	oyobanda	uyobanda	awuyubanda	ongeyubanda	ungeyubanda
class 4	iyobanda	eyobanda	iyobanda	ayiyubanda	engeyubanda	ingeyubanda
class 5	liyobanda	eliyobanda	liyobanda	aliyubanda	elingeyubanda	lingeyubanda
class 6	ayobanda	ayobanda	eyobanda	awayubanda	angeyubanda	engeyubanda
class 7	siyobanda	esiyobanda	siyobanda	asiyubanda	esingeyubanda	singeyubanda
class 8	ziyobanda	eziyobanda	ziyobanda	aziyubanda	ezingeyubanda	zingeyubanda
class 9	iyobanda	eyobanda	iyobanda	ayiyubanda	engeyubanda	ingeyubanda
class 10	ziyobanda	eziyobanda	ziyobanda	aziyubanda	ezingeyubanda	zingeyubanda
class 11	luyobanda	oluyobanda	luyobanda	aluyubanda	olungeyubanda	lungeyubanda
class 14	buyobanda	obuyobanda	buyobanda	abuyubanda	obungeyubanda	bungeyubanda
class 15	kuyobanda	okuyobanda	kuyobanda	akuyubanda	okungeyubanda	kungeyubanda
class 17	kuyobanda	okuyobanda	kuyobanda	akuyubanda	okungeyubanda	kungeyubanda
present subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngibande	ngingabandi
2nd singular	ubande	ungabandi
1st plural	sibande	singabandi
2nd plural	nibande	ningabandi
class 1	abande	angabandi
class 2	babande	bangabandi
class 3	ubande	ungabandi
class 4	ibande	ingabandi
class 5	libande	lingabandi
class 6	abande	angabandi
class 7	sibande	singabandi
class 8	zibande	zingabandi
class 9	ibande	ingabandi
class 10	zibande	zingabandi
class 11	lubande	lungabandi
class 14	bubande	bungabandi
class 15	kubande	kungabandi
class 17	kubande	kungabandi
past subjunctive
	positive	negative
1st singular	ngabanda	ngangabanda, angabanda, angangabanda
2nd singular	wabanda	wangabanda, awabanda, awangabanda
1st plural	sabanda	sangabanda, asabanda, asangabanda
2nd plural	nabanda	nangabanda, anabanda, anangabanda
class 1	wabanda	wangabanda, akabanda, akangabanda
class 2	babanda	bangabanda, ababanda, abangabanda
class 3	wabanda	wangabanda, awabanda, awangabanda
class 4	yabanda	yangabanda, ayabanda, ayangabanda
class 5	labanda	langabanda, alabanda, alangabanda
class 6	abanda	angabanda, awabanda, awangabanda
class 7	sabanda	sangabanda, asabanda, asangabanda
class 8	zabanda	zangabanda, azabanda, azangabanda
class 9	yabanda	yangabanda, ayabanda, ayangabanda
class 10	zabanda	zangabanda, azabanda, azangabanda
class 11	lwabanda	lwangabanda, alwabanda, alwangabanda
class 14	babanda	bangabanda, ababanda, abangabanda
class 15	kwabanda	kwangabanda, akwabanda, akwangabanda
class 17	kwabanda	kwangabanda, akwabanda, akwangabanda

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ɓanda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓanda (3.9)”