tanguer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tengre, possibly borrowed from Old Frisian tangeln, tüngeln (“to sway”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare tangelje and English tangle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡe/

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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

Conjugation of tanguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tanguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tanguant /tɑ̃.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tangué /tɑ̃.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/	tangues /tɑ̃ɡ/	tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/	tanguons /tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/	tanguez /tɑ̃.ɡe/	tanguent /tɑ̃ɡ/
	imperfect	tanguais /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/	tanguais /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/	tanguait /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/	tanguions /tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	tanguiez /tɑ̃.ɡje/	tanguaient /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	tanguai /tɑ̃.ɡe/	tanguas /tɑ̃.ɡa/	tangua /tɑ̃.ɡa/	tanguâmes /tɑ̃.ɡam/	tanguâtes /tɑ̃.ɡat/	tanguèrent /tɑ̃.ɡɛʁ/
	future	tanguerai /tɑ̃.ɡʁe/	tangueras /tɑ̃.ɡʁa/	tanguera /tɑ̃.ɡʁa/	tanguerons /tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/	tanguerez /tɑ̃.ɡʁe/	tangueront /tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tanguerais /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/	tanguerais /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/	tanguerait /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/	tanguerions /tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	tangueriez /tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁje/	tangueraient /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/	tangues /tɑ̃ɡ/	tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/	tanguions /tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	tanguiez /tɑ̃.ɡje/	tanguent /tɑ̃ɡ/
	imperfect2	tanguasse /tɑ̃.ɡas/	tanguasses /tɑ̃.ɡas/	tanguât /tɑ̃.ɡa/	tanguassions /tɑ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	tanguassiez /tɑ̃.ɡa.sje/	tanguassent /tɑ̃.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/	—	tanguons /tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/	tanguez /tɑ̃.ɡe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “tanguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• arguent, urgeant

Galician

Alternative forms

• tanxer
• tanger (reintegrationist)

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

    Conjugation of tanguer (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tanguer
Personal	tanguer	tangueres	tanguer	tanguermos	tanguerdes	tangueren
Gerund
	tanguendo
Past participle
Masculine	tanguido			tanguidos
Feminine	tanguida			tanguidas
Indicative
Present	tango	tangues	tangue	tanguemos	tanguedes	tanguen
Imperfect	tanguía	tanguías	tanguía	tanguiamos	tanguiades	tanguían
Preterite	tanguín	tanguiches	tangueu	tanguemos	tanguestes	tangueron
Pluperfect	tanguera	tangueras	tanguera	tangueramos	tanguerades	tangueran
Future	tanguerei	tanguerás	tanguerá	tangueremos	tangueredes	tanguerán
Conditional	tanguería	tanguerías	tanguería	tangueriamos	tangueriades	tanguerían
Subjunctive
Present	tanga	tangas	tanga	tangamos	tangades	tangan
Imperfect	tanguese	tangueses	tanguese	tanguésemos	tanguésedes	tanguesen
Future	tanguer	tangueres	tanguer	tanguermos	tanguerdes	tangueren
Imperative
Affirmative		tangue	tanga	tangamos	tanguede	tangan
Negative (non)		non tangas	non tanga	non tangamos	non tangades	non tangan

    Reintegrated conjugation of tanguer (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tanguer
Personal	tanguer	tangueres	tanguer	tanguermos	tanguerdes	tanguerem
Gerund
	tanguendo
Past participle
Masculine	tanguido			tanguidos
Feminine	tanguida			tanguidas
Indicative
Present	tango	tangues	tangue	tanguemos	tanguedes, tangueis	tanguem
Imperfect	tanguia	tanguias	tanguia	tanguíamos	tanguíades, tanguíeis, tanguíais1	tanguiam
Preterite	tanguim, tangui	tangueste, tangueche1	tangueu	tanguemos	tanguestes	tanguêrom, tangueram
Pluperfect	tanguera	tangueras	tanguera	tanguêramos	tanguêrades, tanguêreis, tanguêrais1	tangueram
Future	tanguerei	tanguerás	tanguerá	tangueremos	tangueredes, tanguereis	tanguerám, tanguerão
Conditional	tangueria	tanguerias	tangueria	tangueríamos	tangueríades, tangueríeis, tangueríais1	tangueriam
Subjunctive
Present	tanga	tangas	tanga	tangamos	tangades, tangais	tangam
Imperfect	tanguesse	tanguesses	tanguesse	tanguêssemos	tanguêssedes, tanguêsseis	tanguessem
Future	tanguer	tangueres	tanguer	tanguermos	tanguerdes	tanguerem
Imperative
Affirmative		tangue	tanga	tangamos	tanguede, tanguei	tangam
Negative (nom)		nom tangas	nom tanga	nom tangamos	nom tangades, nom tangais	nom tangam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• atanguer

References

• 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, since 2012
• 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