tanguer

French

Etymology

From Old French tengre, possibly borrowed from Old Frisian tangeln, tüngeln (“to sway”),[1][2] of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare tangelje and English tangle.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.ɡe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

tanguer

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to sway back and forth
  2. (intransitive) to spin, sway (seem to be moving)
    la chambre tanguait ― the room was spinning
  3. (intransitive) to shake (not perform well)

Conjugation
Conjugation of tanguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tanguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tanguant
/tɑ̃.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tangué
/tɑ̃.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tangue
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tangues
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tangue
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tanguons
/tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/		 tanguez
/tɑ̃.ɡe/		 tanguent
/tɑ̃ɡ/
imperfect tanguais
/tɑ̃.ɡɛ/		 tanguais
/tɑ̃.ɡɛ/		 tanguait
/tɑ̃.ɡɛ/		 tanguions
/tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/		 tanguiez
/tɑ̃.ɡje/		 tanguaient
/tɑ̃.ɡɛ/
past historic2 tanguai
/tɑ̃.ɡe/		 tanguas
/tɑ̃.ɡa/		 tangua
/tɑ̃.ɡa/		 tanguâmes
/tɑ̃.ɡam/		 tanguâtes
/tɑ̃.ɡat/		 tanguèrent
/tɑ̃.ɡɛʁ/
future tanguerai
/tɑ̃.ɡʁe/		 tangueras
/tɑ̃.ɡʁa/		 tanguera
/tɑ̃.ɡʁa/		 tanguerons
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/		 tanguerez
/tɑ̃.ɡʁe/		 tangueront
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional tanguerais
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/		 tanguerais
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/		 tanguerait
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/		 tanguerions
/tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tangueriez
/tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁje/		 tangueraient
/tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tangue
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tangues
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tangue
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 tanguions
/tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/		 tanguiez
/tɑ̃.ɡje/		 tanguent
/tɑ̃ɡ/
imperfect2 tanguasse
/tɑ̃.ɡas/		 tanguasses
/tɑ̃.ɡas/		 tanguât
/tɑ̃.ɡa/		 tanguassions
/tɑ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/		 tanguassiez
/tɑ̃.ɡa.sje/		 tanguassent
/tɑ̃.ɡas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tangue
/tɑ̃ɡ/		 — tanguons
/tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/		 tanguez
/tɑ̃.ɡe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

References
  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. “tanguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  3. https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WFT&id=101968&lemma=tangelje&domein=0&conc=true

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms
  • tanxer

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tanger (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tango. Cognate of Portuguese tanger and Spanish tañer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taŋˈɡeɾ/

Verb

tanguer (first-person singular present tango, first-person singular preterite tanguín, past participle tanguido)

  1. (archaic) to touch
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 212:
      tallarás llogo con grossa toda a huña da chaga de guisa que a huna non tanga a carne uiua
      you'll cut then with a rasp all the hoof around the wound, in such a way that the hoof doesn't touch the flesh
  2. (dated) to grab
  3. (dated) to ring a bell
    Synonym: badalar
  4. (dated) to play a musical instrument
    O que baila sin tanguer, ou è tolo ou quere ser.
    They who dances with no play, either is mad or wants to be.
    (proverb)
    Synonym: tocar
  5. to goad, to steer
    Synonyms: afalar, aguillar

Conjugation
  • Note: tangu- are changed to tang- before back vowels (a, o).
Conjugation of tanguer
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal tanguer
personal tanguer tangueres tanguer tanguermos tanguerdes tangueren
Gerund
tanguendo
Past participle singular plural
masculine tanguido tanguidos
feminine tanguida tanguidas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present tango tangues tangue tanguemos tanguedes tanguen
imperfect tanguía tanguías tanguía tanguiamos tanguiades tanguían
preterite tanguín tanguiches tangueu tanguemos tanguestes tangueron
pluperfect tanguera tangueras tanguera tangueramos tanguerades tangueran
future tanguerei tanguerás tanguerá tangueremos tangueredes tanguerán
conditional tanguería tanguerías tanguería tangueriamos tangueriades tanguerían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present tanga tangas tanga tangamos tangades tangan
preterite tanguese tangueses tanguese tanguésemos tanguésedes tanguesen
future tanguer tangueres tanguer tanguermos tanguerdes tangueren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – tangue tanga tangamos tanguede tangan
negative – tangas tanga tangamos tangades tangan

References
  • “tanger” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “tang” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “tanguer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tanguer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tanguer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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