tanca

From tancar (“to close”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.ka/

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tanca f (plural tanques)

1. A fence.

• tanca viva

tanca

1. third-person singular present indicative form of tancar
2. second-person singular imperative form of tancar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ca

Borrowed from English tank.

tanca f (plural tanche)

1. tank (water or fuel)
2. jerry can

• tanica

Borrowed from Sardinian [Term?], from Catalan tanca (“fence”).

tanca f (plural tanche)

1. (Sardinia) an enclosed piece of land
   • 1900, Grazia Deledda, Elias Portolu‎, NOR, published 2016, →ISBN, Chapter IV:

     Ecco, ora Elias è finalmente nella sconfinata solitudine della tanca, animata solo da qualche grido, da qualche fischio di pastore, dal tintinnio delle greggie e dal muggito degli armenti.

     Here, Elias is now finally in the boundless solitude of the tanca, only animated by some shouts, some whistling of shepherds, the flocks' tinkling and the mooing of cattle herds.

• canta

From Middle High German tanzen, from Middle Dutch dansen.

tanca

1. to dance

• tanc