atanguer

atanguer

Galician

Alternative forms

• atinxir

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese atanger (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin attingo. Cognate of Portuguese atingir and Spanish atañer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ataŋˈɡeɾ/

Verb

atanguer (first-person singular present atango, first-person singular preterite atanguín, past participle atanguido)

1. (transitive) to touch, grab, reach; to attain
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:

     ẽna çidade façamos hũa torre tam alta que abaste et atãga ata o çeo

     Let's build in this city a tower so high that it reaches and attains the sky

   Synonyms: acadar, abranguer

2. (intransitive) to concern

Conjugation

• Note: atangu- are changed to atang- before back vowels (a, o).

Conjugation of atanguer

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	atanguer
personal	atanguer	atangueres	atanguer	atanguermos	atanguerdes	atangueren
Gerund
	atanguendo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	atanguido			atanguidos
feminine	atanguida			atanguidas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	atango	atangues	atangue	atanguemos	atanguedes	atanguen
imperfect	atanguía	atanguías	atanguía	atanguiamos	atanguiades	atanguían
preterite	atanguín	atanguiches	atangueu	atanguemos	atanguestes	atangueron
pluperfect	atanguera	atangueras	atanguera	atangueramos	atanguerades	atangueran
future	atanguerei	atanguerás	atanguerá	atangueremos	atangueredes	atanguerán
conditional	atanguería	atanguerías	atanguería	atangueriamos	atangueriades	atanguerían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	atanga	atangas	atanga	atangamos	atangades	atangan
preterite	atanguese	atangueses	atanguese	atanguésemos	atanguésedes	atanguesen
future	atanguer	atangueres	atanguer	atanguermos	atanguerdes	atangueren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	atangue	atanga	atangamos	atanguede	atangan
negative	–	atangas	atanga	atangamos	atangades	atangan

Related terms

• tanguer

References

• “atanger” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “atang” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “atanguer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “atanguer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.