tancar

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tancar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanˈka(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: tan‧car
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tancar

1. to close

   Synonyms: zarrar, trancar, clucar, cllucar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tancar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tancar
gerund			tancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tancau, tancato		tancada, tancata
		plural		tancaus, tancatos		tancadas, tancatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	tanco	tancas	tanca	tancamos	tancaz	tancan
	imperfect	tancaba, tancabe	tancabas	tancaba	tancabanos	tancabaz	tancaban
	preterite	tancé	tancés	tancó	tancemos	tancez	tancoron, tancón
	future	tancaré	tancarás	tancará	tancaremos	tancarez	tancarán
	conditional	tancaría	tancarías	tancaría	tancaríanos	tancaríaz	tancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	tance	tances	tance	tancemos	tancez	tancen
	imperfect	tancase	tancases	tancase	tancasenos	tancasez	tancasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	tanca	—	—	tancaz	—

References

• “tancar”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎^[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan tancar. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [təŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taŋˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [taŋˈka]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Homophone: tancà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanquí, past participle tancat)

1. (transitive) to close

   Antonym: obrir

   tancar amb pany i clau ― to close with lock and key

2. (transitive) to turn off

   tancar la llum ― to turn off the light

3. (transitive) to shut down (a business etc.)

   tancar un establiment ― to shut down/close an establishment

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of tancar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			tancar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	tanca	tanqui	tanquem	tanqueu	tanquin
	negative (no)	—	no tanquis	no tanqui	no tanquem	no tanqueu	no tanquin

Derived terms

• tanca
• tancada
• tancador
• tancadura
• tancament
• tancaporta
• tancat

Descendants

• → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare

Further reading

• “tancar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tancar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tancar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan estancar (“to stop up”), from Vulgar Latin *stanticāre (“to make stagnant”), from Latin stāns (“standing”).

Verb

tancar

1. 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
  • → Sardinian: tancare, tancài, tancare, tuncare

Portuguese

Verb

tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanquei, past participle tancado)

1. alternative spelling of tankar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tancar
Personal	tancar	tancares	tancar	tancarmos	tancardes	tancarem
Gerund
	tancando
Past participle
Masculine	tancado			tancados
Feminine	tancada			tancadas
Indicative
Present	tanco	tancas	tanca	tancamos	tancais	tancam
Imperfect	tancava	tancavas	tancava	tancávamos	tancáveis	tancavam
Preterite	tanquei	tancaste	tancou	tancamos1, tancámos2	tancastes	tancaram
Pluperfect	tancara	tancaras	tancara	tancáramos	tancáreis	tancaram
Future	tancarei	tancarás	tancará	tancaremos	tancareis	tancarão
Conditional	tancaria	tancarias	tancaria	tancaríamos	tancaríeis	tancariam
Subjunctive
Present	tanque	tanques	tanque	tanquemos	tanqueis	tanquem
Imperfect	tancasse	tancasses	tancasse	tancássemos	tancásseis	tancassem
Future	tancar	tancares	tancar	tancarmos	tancardes	tancarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tanca	tanque	tanquemos	tancai	tanquem
Negative (não)		não tanques	não tanque	não tanquemos	não tanqueis	não tanquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “tancar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tancar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of estancar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanˈkaɾ/ [t̪ãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tan‧car

Verb

tancar (first-person singular present tanco, first-person singular preterite tanqué, past participle tancado)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras, colloquial, rustic) to stop the flow of a liquid, especially blood from a wound

   El médico logró tancar la hemorragia rápidamente.

   The doctor managed to stop the bleeding quickly.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tancar
gerund			tancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tancado		tancada
		plural		tancados		tancadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tanco	tancastú tancásvos	tanca	tancamos	tancáis	tancan
	imperfect	tancaba	tancabas	tancaba	tancábamos	tancabais	tancaban
	preterite	tanqué	tancaste	tancó	tancamos	tancasteis	tancaron
	future	tancaré	tancarás	tancará	tancaremos	tancaréis	tancarán
	conditional	tancaría	tancarías	tancaría	tancaríamos	tancaríais	tancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tanque	tanquestú tanquésvos2	tanque	tanquemos	tanquéis	tanquen
	imperfect (ra)	tancara	tancaras	tancara	tancáramos	tancarais	tancaran
	imperfect (se)	tancase	tancases	tancase	tancásemos	tancaseis	tancasen
	future1	tancare	tancares	tancare	tancáremos	tancareis	tancaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tancatú tancávos	tanque	tanquemos	tancad	tanquen
	negative		no tanques	no tanque	no tanquemos	no tanquéis	no tanquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tancar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tancar	dative	tancarme	tancarte	tancarle, tancarse	tancarnos	tancaros	tancarles, tancarse
	accusative	tancarme	tancarte	tancarlo, tancarla, tancarse	tancarnos	tancaros	tancarlos, tancarlas, tancarse
with gerund tancando	dative	tancándome	tancándote	tancándole, tancándose	tancándonos	tancándoos	tancándoles, tancándose
	accusative	tancándome	tancándote	tancándolo, tancándola, tancándose	tancándonos	tancándoos	tancándolos, tancándolas, tancándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tanca	dative	táncame	táncate	táncale	táncanos	not used	táncales
	accusative	táncame	táncate	táncalo, táncala	táncanos	not used	táncalos, táncalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tancá	dative	tancame	tancate	tancale	tancanos	not used	tancales
	accusative	tancame	tancate	tancalo, tancala	tancanos	not used	tancalos, tancalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tanque	dative	tánqueme	not used	tánquele, tánquese	tánquenos	not used	tánqueles
	accusative	tánqueme	not used	tánquelo, tánquela, tánquese	tánquenos	not used	tánquelos, tánquelas
with first-person plural imperative tanquemos	dative	not used	tanquémoste	tanquémosle	tanquémonos	tanquémoos	tanquémosles
	accusative	not used	tanquémoste	tanquémoslo, tanquémosla	tanquémonos	tanquémoos	tanquémoslos, tanquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tancad	dative	tancadme	not used	tancadle	tancadnos	tancaos	tancadles
	accusative	tancadme	not used	tancadlo, tancadla	tancadnos	tancaos	tancadlos, tancadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tanquen	dative	tánquenme	not used	tánquenle	tánquennos	not used	tánquenles, tánquense
	accusative	tánquenme	not used	tánquenlo, tánquenla	tánquennos	not used	tánquenlos, tánquenlas, tánquense

Related terms

• estancar

Further reading

• “tancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “tancar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010