tancar

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tancar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanˈka(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Syllabification: tan‧car

Verb

tancar

1. to close

   Synonyms: zarrar, trancar, clucar, cllucar

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	—

Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation)

References

• “tancar”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎, 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:

  (file)

• Homophone: tancà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

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

    Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

Derived terms

• tancament
• tancat

Descendants

• → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare

References

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

Further reading

• “tancar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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

1. to close

   Antonym: obrir

Conjugation

		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

    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	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

    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	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

    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	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

    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	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

    Provençau

Derived terms

• tancat

Descendants

• → Catalan: tancar
  • → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare

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.

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)

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.

Related terms

• estancar

 

Further reading

• “tancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28