tankar

Possibly from Dutch [Term?] (sense 1), from English tanker (sense 2)

tankar m (definite singular tankaren, indefinite plural tankarar, definite plural tankarane)

1. a tankard
2. (nautical) a tanker

• (sense 2) tankbåt, tankskip

• oljetankar (sense 2)
• øltankar (sense 1)

• tanker (Bokmål)

tankar m

1. indefinite plural of tank
2. indefinite plural of tanke

tankar

1. present of tanka

• “tankar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• tancar

Adapted borrowing of English tank +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: tan‧kar

tankar (first-person singular present tanko, first-person singular preterite tankei, past participle tankado) (Brazil, chiefly Internet slang)

1. to tolerate, to withstand

   Synonym: aguentar

   Eu não tanko esse tipo de música.

   I don't tolerate that kind of music.

2. to be able to hold one's laughter
3. (video games) to tank (to attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat)
4. (fandom slang) to tank (to resist damage)
5. (basketball) to tank (to deliberately lose a sports match)

• In the meaning be able to hold one's laughter, it is usually used in the negative.

tankar

1. indefinite plural of tanke
2. indefinite plural of tank

tankar

1. present indicative of tanka

• kantar, kantra, kartan