tanquear
Spanish
Alternative forms
- tankear
Etymology
Verb
tanquear (first-person singular present tanqueo, first-person singular preterite tanqueé, past participle tanqueado)
- (video games) to tank (to protect a weak troop with a strong troop, a tank)
- (video games) to tank (to attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently)
- (Latin America) to tank (to put fuel into a tank)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tanquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of tanquear
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 tanquear | dative | tanquearme | tanquearte | tanquearle, tanquearse | tanquearnos | tanquearos | tanquearles, tanquearse |
| accusative | tanquearme | tanquearte | tanquearlo, tanquearla, tanquearse | tanquearnos | tanquearos | tanquearlos, tanquearlas, tanquearse | |
| with gerund tanqueando | dative | tanqueándome | tanqueándote | tanqueándole, tanqueándose | tanqueándonos | tanqueándoos | tanqueándoles, tanqueándose |
| accusative | tanqueándome | tanqueándote | tanqueándolo, tanqueándola, tanqueándose | tanqueándonos | tanqueándoos | tanqueándolos, tanqueándolas, tanqueándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tanquea | dative | tanquéame | tanquéate | tanquéale | tanquéanos | not used | tanquéales |
| accusative | tanquéame | tanquéate | tanquéalo, tanquéala | tanquéanos | not used | tanquéalos, tanquéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tanqueá | dative | tanqueame | tanqueate | tanqueale | tanqueanos | not used | tanqueales |
| accusative | tanqueame | tanqueate | tanquealo, tanqueala | tanqueanos | not used | tanquealos, tanquealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tanquee | dative | tanquéeme | not used | tanquéele, tanquéese | tanquéenos | not used | tanquéeles |
| accusative | tanquéeme | not used | tanquéelo, tanquéela, tanquéese | tanquéenos | not used | tanquéelos, tanquéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tanqueemos | dative | not used | tanqueémoste | tanqueémosle | tanqueémonos | tanqueémoos | tanqueémosles |
| accusative | not used | tanqueémoste | tanqueémoslo, tanqueémosla | tanqueémonos | tanqueémoos | tanqueémoslos, tanqueémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tanquead | dative | tanqueadme | not used | tanqueadle | tanqueadnos | tanqueaos | tanqueadles |
| accusative | tanqueadme | not used | tanqueadlo, tanqueadla | tanqueadnos | tanqueaos | tanqueadlos, tanqueadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tanqueen | dative | tanquéenme | not used | tanquéenle | tanquéennos | not used | tanquéenles, tanquéense |
| accusative | tanquéenme | not used | tanquéenlo, tanquéenla | tanquéennos | not used | tanquéenlos, tanquéenlas, tanquéense | |
Further reading
- “tanquear”, 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
- Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense