tanguer

French

Etymology

Inherited 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/
  • (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

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

Etymology

From Old Galician-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)
tanguer (first-person singular present tango, first-person singular preterite tanguim or tangui, past participle tanguido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (archaic) to touch
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, 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
    Synonym: tocar
    O que baila sin tanguer, ou è tolo ou quere ser. (proverb)
    They who dances with no play, either is mad or wants to be.
  5. to goad, to steer
    Synonyms: afalar, aguillar

Conjugation

References

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