tanquear

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === tankear === Etymology === From tanque +‎ -ear. === Verb === tanquear (first-person singular present tanqueo, first-person singular preterite tanqueé, past participle tanqueado) (video games) to tank (to protect a weak troop with a strong troop, a tank) (video games) to tank (to attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently) (Latin America) to put fuel into a tank ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “tanquear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 Diccionario de anglicismos del español estadounidense