atanguer

• atinxir

From Old Galician-Portuguese atanger (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin attingo. Cognate of Portuguese atingir and Spanish atañer.

• IPA^(key): /ataŋˈɡeɾ/

atanguer (first-person singular present atango, first-person singular preterite atanguín, past participle atanguido)
atanguer (first-person singular present atango, first-person singular preterite atanguim or atangui, past participle atanguido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to touch, grab, reach; to attain

   Synonyms: acadar, abranguer

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:

     ẽna çidade façamos hũa torre tam alta que abaste et atãga ata o çeo

     Let's build in this city a tower so high that it reaches and attains the sky

2. (intransitive) to concern

• tanguer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atanger”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atang”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atanguer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “atanguer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atanguer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega