tanguer

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]

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡe/

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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)

• “tanguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• arguent, urgeant

• tanxer
• tanger (reintegrationist)

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

• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡeɾ/

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

• atanguer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tanger”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tang”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tanguer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tanguer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tanguer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tanguer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN