tangera

See also: tangerá and tangerà

Portuguese

tangera

tangera (present tangerar, preterite tangerade, supine tangerat, imperative tangera)

(geometry) to be tangent (to something)
Linjen tangerar cirkeln i punkten (1, 1)
The line is tangent to the circle at the point (1, 1)
(figuratively) to equal, to match (usually a previous result)
Nisse tangerade världsrekordet
Nisse matched the world record

tangera sitt personbästa
match one's personal best

Nisse tangerade Olle
Nisse matched Olle('s record)
(figuratively) to touch on; to border on
Rapporten tangerar vissa andra områden som inte är huvudfokus
The report touches on certain other areas that are not the main focus

något som tangerar högförräderi
something that borders on high treason
(figuratively) to lightly touch
Bollen tangerade målstolpen
The ball grazed the goalpost

Conjugation of tangera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tangera		tangeras
Supine	tangerat		tangerats
Imperative	tangera		—
Imper. plural¹	tangeren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tangerar	tangerade	tangeras	tangerades
Ind. plural¹	tangera	tangerade	tangeras	tangerades
Subjunctive²	tangere	tangerade	tangeres	tangerades
	Participles
Present participle	tangerande
Past participle	tangerad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.