tancar
Aragonese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanˈka(ɾ)/
- Syllabification: tan‧car
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
tancar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | tancar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tancando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tancau, tancato | tancada, tancata | |||||
| plural | tancaus, tancatos | tancadas, tancatas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | tanco | tancas | tanca | tancamos | tancaz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancaba, tancabe | tancabas | tancaba | tancabanos | tancabaz | tancaban | |
| preterite | tancé | tancés | tancó | tancemos | tancez | tancoron, tancón | |
| future | tancaré | tancarás | tancará | tancaremos | tancarez | tancarán | |
| conditional | tancaría | tancarías | tancaría | tancaríanos | tancaríaz | tancarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | tance | tances | tance | tancemos | tancez | tancen | |
| imperfect | tancase | tancases | tancase | tancasenos | tancasez | tancasen | |
| imperative | — | tú | — | — | vusatros vusatras |
— | |
| — | tanca | — | — | tancaz | — | ||
References
- “tancar”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan tancar. First attested in the 12th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təŋˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [taŋˈkaɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Homophone: tancà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanquí, past participle tancat)
- (transitive) to close
- Antonym: obrir
- tancar amb pany i clau ― to close with lock and key
- (transitive) to turn off
- tancar la llum ― to turn off the light
- (transitive) to shut down (a business etc.)
- tancar un establiment ― to shut down/close an establishment
Conjugation
Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
| infinitive | tancar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tancant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tancat | tancada | |||||
| plural | tancats | tancades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tanco | tanques | tanca | tanquem | tanqueu | tanquen | |
| imperfect | tancava | tancaves | tancava | tancàvem | tancàveu | tancaven | |
| future | tancaré | tancaràs | tancarà | tancarem | tancareu | tancaran | |
| preterite | tanquí | tancares | tancà | tancàrem | tancàreu | tancaren | |
| conditional | tancaria | tancaries | tancaria | tancaríem | tancaríeu | tancarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tanqui | tanquis | tanqui | tanquem | tanqueu | tanquin | |
| imperfect | tanqués | tanquessis | tanqués | tanquéssim | tanquéssiu | tanquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | tanca | tanqui | tanquem | tanqueu | tanquin | |
| negative (no) | — | no tanquis | no tanqui | no tanquem | no tanqueu | no tanquin | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare
References
- ^ “tancar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Further reading
- “tancar”, 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
- “tancar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tancar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan estancar (“to stop up”), from Vulgar Latin *stanticāre (“to make stagnant”), from Latin stāns (“standing”).[1]
Verb
tancar
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tancar | aver tancat | |||||
| gerund | tancant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tancat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tanqui | tancas | tanca | tancam | tancatz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancavi | tancavas | tancava | tancàvem | tancàvetz | tancavan | |
| preterite | tanquèri | tanquères | tanquèt | tanquèrem | tanquèretz | tanquèron | |
| future | tancarai | tancaràs | tancarà | tancarem | tancaretz | tancaràn | |
| conditional | tancariái | tancariás | tancariá | tancariam | tancariatz | tancarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tanquèra | tanquèras | tanquèra | tanqueram | tanqueratz | tanquèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanque | tanquem | tanquetz | tanquen | |
| imperfect | tanquèssi | tanquèsses | tanquèsse | tanquèssem | tanquèssetz | tanquèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tanca | tanquem | tancatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tancar | aver tancat | |||||
| gerund | tancant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tancat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanca | tancam | tancatz | tancon | |
| imperfect | tancave | tancaves | tancava | tancaviam | tancaviatz | tancavon | |
| preterite | tanquere | tanqueres | tanquet | tanquem | tanquetz | tanqueron | |
| future | tancarai | tancaràs | tancará | tancarem | tancaretz | tancarán | |
| conditional | tancariá | tancariás | tancariá | tancariam | tancariatz | tancarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tanquèra | tanquèras | tanquèra | tanqueram | tanqueratz | tanquèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanque | tancassiam | tancassiatz | tancon | |
| imperfect | tanquesse | tanquesses | tanquesse | tanquessiam | tanquessiatz | tanquesson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tanca | tancassiam | tancatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tancar | aver tancat | |||||
| gerund | tancant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tancat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tanqui | tancas | tanca | tancam | tancatz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancavi | tancavas | tancava | tancàvam | tancàvatz | tancavan | |
| preterite | tanquèi | tanquès | tanquè | tanquèm | tanquètz | tanquèn | |
| future | tancarèi | tancaràs | tancarà | tancaram | tancaratz | tancaràn | |
| conditional | tancarí | tancarés | tancaré | tancarem | tancaretz | tancarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tanquèra | tanquèras | tanquèra | tanqueram | tanqueratz | tanquèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tanqui | tanques | tanque | tanquem | tanquetz | tanquen | |
| imperfect | tanquèssi | tanquèsses | tanquèsse | tanquèssem | tanquèssetz | tanquèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tanca | tanquem | tancatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tancar | aver tancat | |||||
| gerund | tancant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tancat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tanque | tancas | tanca | tancam | tancatz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancava | tancavas | tancava | tancàvam | tancàvatz | tancavan | |
| preterite | tanquei | tanqueras | tanquet | tanquèram | tanquèratz | tanqueran | |
| future | tancarai | tancaràs | tancará | tancarem | tancaretz | tancarán | |
| conditional | tancariá | tancariàs | tancariá | tancariam | tancariatz | tancarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tanquèra | tanquèras | tanquèra | tanqueram | tanqueratz | tanquèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanque | tanquem | tanquetz | tanquen | |
| imperfect | tanquèsse | tanquèsses | tanquèsse | tanquèssem | tanquèssetz | tanquèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tanca | tanquem | tancatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tancar | aver tancat | |||||
| gerund | tancant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tancat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanca | tancam | tancatz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancavi | tancavas | tancava | tancàvem | tancàvetz | tancavan | |
| preterite | tanquère | tanquères | tanquèt | tanqueriam | tanqueriatz | tanquèron | |
| future | tancarai | tancaràs | tancarà | tancarem | tancaretz | tancaràn | |
| conditional | tancariáu | tancariás | tancariá | tancariam | tancariatz | tancarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tanquèra | tanquèras | tanquèra | tanqueram | tanqueratz | tanquèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tanque | tanques | tanque | tanquem | tanquetz | tancan | |
| imperfect | tanquèsse | tanquèsses | tanquèsse | tanquessiam | tanquessiatz | tanquèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tanca | tanquem | tancatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: tancar
- → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare
References
- ^ “pétanque”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Portuguese
Verb
tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanquei, past participle tancado)
- alternative spelling of tankar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “tancar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tancar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of estancar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tanˈkaɾ/ [t̪ãŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tan‧car
Verb
tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanqué, past participle tancado)
- (El Salvador, Honduras, colloquial, rustic) to stop the flow of a liquid, especially blood from a wound
- El médico logró tancar la hemorragia rápidamente.
- The doctor managed to stop the bleeding quickly.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tancar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tancando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tancado | tancada | |||||
| plural | tancados | tancadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tanco | tancastú tancásvos |
tanca | tancamos | tancáis | tancan | |
| imperfect | tancaba | tancabas | tancaba | tancábamos | tancabais | tancaban | |
| preterite | tanqué | tancaste | tancó | tancamos | tancasteis | tancaron | |
| future | tancaré | tancarás | tancará | tancaremos | tancaréis | tancarán | |
| conditional | tancaría | tancarías | tancaría | tancaríamos | tancaríais | tancarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tanque | tanquestú tanquésvos2 |
tanque | tanquemos | tanquéis | tanquen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
tancara | tancaras | tancara | tancáramos | tancarais | tancaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
tancase | tancases | tancase | tancásemos | tancaseis | tancasen | |
| future1 | tancare | tancares | tancare | tancáremos | tancareis | tancaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | tancatú tancávos |
tanque | tanquemos | tancad | tanquen | ||
| negative | no tanques | no tanque | no tanquemos | no tanquéis | no tanquen | ||
Selected combined forms of tancar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive tancar | dative | tancarme | tancarte | tancarle, tancarse | tancarnos | tancaros | tancarles, tancarse |
| accusative | tancarme | tancarte | tancarlo, tancarla, tancarse | tancarnos | tancaros | tancarlos, tancarlas, tancarse | |
| with gerund tancando | dative | tancándome | tancándote | tancándole, tancándose | tancándonos | tancándoos | tancándoles, tancándose |
| accusative | tancándome | tancándote | tancándolo, tancándola, tancándose | tancándonos | tancándoos | tancándolos, tancándolas, tancándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tanca | dative | táncame | táncate | táncale | táncanos | not used | táncales |
| accusative | táncame | táncate | táncalo, táncala | táncanos | not used | táncalos, táncalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tancá | dative | tancame | tancate | tancale | tancanos | not used | tancales |
| accusative | tancame | tancate | tancalo, tancala | tancanos | not used | tancalos, tancalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tanque | dative | tánqueme | not used | tánquele, tánquese | tánquenos | not used | tánqueles |
| accusative | tánqueme | not used | tánquelo, tánquela, tánquese | tánquenos | not used | tánquelos, tánquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tanquemos | dative | not used | tanquémoste | tanquémosle | tanquémonos | tanquémoos | tanquémosles |
| accusative | not used | tanquémoste | tanquémoslo, tanquémosla | tanquémonos | tanquémoos | tanquémoslos, tanquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tancad | dative | tancadme | not used | tancadle | tancadnos | tancaos | tancadles |
| accusative | tancadme | not used | tancadlo, tancadla | tancadnos | tancaos | tancadlos, tancadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tanquen | dative | tánquenme | not used | tánquenle | tánquennos | not used | tánquenles, tánquense |
| accusative | tánquenme | not used | tánquenlo, tánquenla | tánquennos | not used | tánquenlos, tánquenlas, tánquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “tancar”, 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
- “tancar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010