tangera

See also: tangerá and tangerà

Portuguese

Verb

tangera

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of tanger

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German tangieren, from Latin tangere.

Verb

tangera (present tangerar, preterite tangerade, supine tangerat, imperative tangera)

1. (geometry) touch on a tangent
2. (figuratively) touch on a tangent

Conjugation

Conjugation of tangera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tangera		tangeras
Supine	tangerat		tangerats
Imperative	tangera		—
Imper. plural1	tangeren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tangerar	tangerade	tangeras	tangerades
Ind. plural1	tangera	tangerade	tangeras	tangerades
Subjunctive2	tangere	tangerade	tangeres	tangerades
	Participles
Present participle	tangerande
Past participle	tangerad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• tangering

Related terms

• tangent

Further reading

• tangera in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker