tancar
Catalan
Etymology
From Occitan tancar, attested from the 12th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /təŋˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /taŋˈkaɾ/
Audio (file) - Homophone: tancà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
tancar (first-person singular present tanco, past participle tancat)
- (transitive) to close
- Antonym: obrir
- tancar amb pany i clau ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to turn off
- tancar la llum ― to turn off the light
- (transitive) to shut down (a business etc.)
- tancar un establiment ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | tancar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | tanca | tanqui | tanquem | tanqueu | tanquin | ||
Derived terms
- tancament
- tancat
References
- “tancar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
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
- to close
- Antonym: obrir
Conjugation
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 | 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 | ||||
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 | 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 | ||||
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 | 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 | ||||
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 | 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 | ||||
Provençau| 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 | ||||
Derived terms
- tancat
Descendants
- → Catalan: tancar
References
- “pétanque”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.