# 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: /tɑ̃.ɡe/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tanguer
* (intransitive, nautical) to sway back and forth
* (intransitive) to spin, sway (seem to be moving)
    la chambre tanguait ― the room was spinning
* (intransitive) to shake (not perform well)

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
* ↑ “tanguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* ↑ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WFT&id=101968&lemma=tangelje&domein=0&conc=true

### 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: /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)
* (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 uiuayou'll cut then with a rasp all the hoof around the wound, in such a way that the hoof doesn't touch the flesh
* (dated) to grab
* (dated) to ring a bell
    Synonym: badalar
* (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.
* to goad, to steer
    Synonyms: afalar, aguillar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less 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, 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