tanque

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ke/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/
• Hyphenation: tan‧que

Borrowed from Gujarati [script needed] (tankh, “cistern, underwater water reservour”), from Marathi [script needed] (tanken) or Gujarati [script needed] (tanka, “cistern”), ultimately from Sanskrit तडग (taḍaga, “pond”).[1]

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank
2. cistern
3. a sink used for laundry

• → English: tank (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: tangki
• → Spanish: tanque
  • → Cebuano: tangke
  • → Tagalog: tangke

Reborrowed from English tank (“tank vehicle”), from Portuguese. Tanks were originally disguised as moving water tanks.

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank (vehicle)

From Portuguese tanque (“tank”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanke/, [ˈt̪ãŋke]
• Hyphenation: tan‧que

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank (military vehicle)
2. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)
3. large glass (for drinking)
4. tank (a very muscular and physically imposing person)

• estanque

• → Cebuano: tangke
• → Tagalog: tangke