tancar

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tancar. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

Verb

tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanquí, past participle tancat)

  1. (transitive) to close
    Antonym: obrir
    tancar amb pany i clau ― to close with lock and key
  2. (transitive) to turn off
    tancar la llum ― to turn off the light
  3. (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

  1. ^ “tancar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan estancar (“to stop up”), from Vulgar Latin *stanticāre (“to make stagnant”), from Latin stāns (“standing”).

Verb

tancar

  1. to close
    Antonym: obrir

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

References

  1. ^ “pétanque”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of estancar.

Verb

tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanqué, past participle tancado)

  1. (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.

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