tankar
Portuguese, verb/tɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/
tankar is spelled T-A-N-K-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 154,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tankar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tolerate, to withstand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer frente a; aguentar, suportar, tolerar, resistir”.
What does tankar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto tolerate, to withstand
Eu não tanko esse tipo de música.
- 2
Brazilto be able to hold one's laughter
- 3
Brazilto tank (to attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat)
- 4
Brazilslangto tank (to resist damage)
- 5
Brazilto tank (to deliberately lose a sports match)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer frente a; aguentar, suportar, tolerar, resistir
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 tankar
- tanko first-person present singular
- tankei first-person preterite singular
- tankado participle past
- tankares infinitive second-person singular
- tankarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tankardes infinitive plural second-person
- tankarem infinitive plural third-person
- tankando gerund
- tankados masculine participle past
- tankada feminine participle past
- tankadas feminine participle past
- tankas indicative present second-person
- tanka indicative present singular
- tankamos first-person indicative plural
- tankais indicative plural present
- tankam indicative plural present
- tankava first-person imperfect indicative
- tankavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tankar?
- Brazil /tɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɐ̃ˈka(h)]
- /tɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tankar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tankar in Portuguese?
tankar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).