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tancar

Portuguese, verb

tancar is spelled T-A-N-C-A-R (6 letters). Tancar is a Portuguese verb meaning “alternative spelling of tankar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aliviar o peso de uma embarcação”.

What does tancar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    alternative spelling of tankar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pequeno barco chinês tradicional com teto arredondado feito de palha

verb: 1. aliviar o peso de uma embarcação

verb: 1. o mesmo que estancar; fazer parar de vazar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tancar

  • tanco first-person present singular
  • tanquei first-person preterite singular
  • tancado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • tancares infinitive second-person singular
  • tancarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • tancardes infinitive plural second-person
  • tancarem infinitive plural third-person
  • tancando gerund
  • tancados masculine participle past
  • tancada feminine participle past
  • tancadas feminine participle past
  • tancas indicative present second-person
  • tanca indicative present singular
  • tancamos first-person indicative plural
  • tancais indicative plural present
  • tancam indicative plural present
  • tancava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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