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Não consigo tankar esse calor.

I can't handle this heat.

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Why every word is where it is

Nãoadverbnot, noconsigo2verbI canconseguir · present · 1st sing.tankar1verbhandle (from English «tank»)infinitiveessedeterminerthismasc. · sing.calornounheatmasc. · sing..
  • consigo → tankar: conseguir + infinitive
  • tankar → calor: tankar + object

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Gamer slang «tankar» (from «tank») = to endure; English verbs are adapted with -ar. Advanced word formation, neologisms & slang morphology →
  2. 2
    «consigo» here = I can, I manage (from «conseguir»), not «with oneself».