tocar
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tocar
- (transitive) to touch
Conjugation edit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tocar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular indicative present toco, past participle tocáu)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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gerund | tocando | ||||||
past participle | m tocáu, f tocada, n tocao, m pl tocaos, f pl tocaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | toco | toques | toca | tocamos | tocáis | toquen |
imperfect | tocaba | tocabes | tocaba | tocábemos, tocábamos | tocabeis, tocabais | tocaben | |
preterite | toqué | tocasti, toquesti | tocó | toquemos | tocastis, toquestis | tocaron | |
pluperfect | tocare, tocara | tocares, tocaras | tocare, tocara | tocáremos, tocáramos | tocareis, tocarais | tocaren, tocaran | |
future | tocaré | tocarás | tocará | tocaremos | tocaréis | tocarán | |
conditional | tocaría | tocaríes | tocaría | tocaríemos, tocaríamos | tocaríeis, tocaríais | tocaríen | |
subjunctive | present | toque | toques, tocas | toque | toquemos | toquéis | toquen, tocan |
imperfect | tocare, tocara | tocares, tocaras | tocare, tocara | tocáremos, tocáramos | tocareis, tocarais | tocaren, tocaran | |
imperative | — | toca | — | — | tocái | — |
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [tuˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [toˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [toˈkaɾ]
- Homophones: tocà, tucà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquí, past participle tocat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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gerund | tocant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tocat | tocada | |||||
plural | tocats | tocades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | toco | toques | toca | toquem | toqueu | toquen | |
imperfect | tocava | tocaves | tocava | tocàvem | tocàveu | tocaven | |
future | tocaré | tocaràs | tocarà | tocarem | tocareu | tocaran | |
preterite | toquí | tocares | tocà | tocàrem | tocàreu | tocaren | |
conditional | tocaria | tocaries | tocaria | tocaríem | tocaríeu | tocarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | toqui | toquis | toqui | toquem | toqueu | toquin | |
imperfect | toqués | toquessis | toqués | toquéssim | toquéssiu | toquessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | toca | toqui | toquem | toqueu | toquin | |
negative (no) | — | no toquis | no toqui | no toquem | no toqueu | no toquin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
- to touch
- Synonym: tanguer
- 1454, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 315:
- Para o qual o dito Ferrnand Dourado fezo juramento solepne aos santo euangeos en hun libro misal que tocou con suas maos
- For which said Fernando Dourado swore a solemn oath to the Holy Gospels in a missal book that he touched with his hands
- to play (a musical instrument or a musical recording)
- Synonym: tanguer
- (intransitive) to knock
- Synonym: petar
- Quen toca na porta? ― Who's knocking on the door?
- to ring
- Synonym: tanguer
- (impersonal) to be awarded; to win, obtain
- Ó que máis tarda menos lle toca (proverb) ― He who delays more gets less
- (impersonal) to be someone's time or turn
- Tócame! ― It's my turn!
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | tocar | |||||
Personal | tocar | tocares | tocar | tocarmos | tocardes | tocaren |
Gerund | ||||||
tocando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | tocado | tocados | ||||
Feminine | tocada | tocadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | toco | tocas | toca | tocamos | tocades | tocan |
Imperfect | tocaba | tocabas | tocaba | tocabamos | tocabades | tocaban |
Preterite | toquei | tocaches | tocou | tocamos | tocastes | tocaron |
Pluperfect | tocara | tocaras | tocara | tocaramos | tocarades | tocaran |
Future | tocarei | tocarás | tocará | tocaremos | tocaredes | tocarán |
Conditional | tocaría | tocarías | tocaría | tocariamos | tocariades | tocarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | toque | toques | toque | toquemos | toquedes | toquen |
Imperfect | tocase | tocases | tocase | tocásemos | tocásedes | tocasen |
Future | tocar | tocares | tocar | tocarmos | tocardes | tocaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | toca | toque | toquemos | tocade | toquen | |
Negative (non) | non toques | non toque | non toquemos | non toquedes | non toquen |
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “tocar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “tocar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tocar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tocar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tocar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further reading edit
- “tocar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “tocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
tocar
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: to‧car
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
- (transitive with em or with no preposition) to touch, to finger, to feel (tactually)
- (figurative) to start addressing (a particular subject or issue)
- Já que você tocou nessa questão, vamos continuar ― Since you began talking about that issue, let's continue
- to play (a musical instrument)
- Ela toca piano muito bem ― She plays the piano very well
- to sound, jingle, to honk, to ring (a bell, alarm, horn or similar object)
- (Brazil, informal) to kick out, to expulse
- Alguém precisa tocá-lo daqui ― Someone has to kick him out from here
- (Brazil, informal, reflexive) to become aware; to realize or perceive something
- Só me toquei depois. ― I only realized it later.
- Synonyms: ligar, dar-se conta
Usage notes edit
When used transitively in its most frequent sense ("to touch"), the verb tocar is typically followed by the preposition em. Despite its popularity, this addition is completely optional and doesn't alter the verb's meaning.
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | tocar | |||||
Personal | tocar | tocares | tocar | tocarmos | tocardes | tocarem |
Gerund | ||||||
tocando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | tocado | tocados | ||||
Feminine | tocada | tocadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | toco | tocas | toca | tocamos | tocais | tocam |
Imperfect | tocava | tocavas | tocava | tocávamos | tocáveis | tocavam |
Preterite | toquei | tocaste | tocou | tocamos1, tocámos2 | tocastes | tocaram |
Pluperfect | tocara | tocaras | tocara | tocáramos | tocáreis | tocaram |
Future | tocarei | tocarás | tocará | tocaremos | tocareis | tocarão |
Conditional | tocaria | tocarias | tocaria | tocaríamos | tocaríeis | tocariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | toque | toques | toque | toquemos | toqueis | toquem |
Imperfect | tocasse | tocasses | tocasse | tocássemos | tocásseis | tocassem |
Future | tocar | tocares | tocar | tocarmos | tocardes | tocarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | toca | toque | toquemos | tocai | toquem | |
Negative (não) | não toques | não toque | não toquemos | não toqueis | não toquem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.
Derived terms edit
- tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
- tocante
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)
- (transitive) to touch
- Toca esta tela. ― Touch this cloth.
- (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
- Ella toca el piano. ― She plays the piano.
- (impersonal, intransitive) to be someone's time or turn
- (impersonal, intransitive) to have to do something, be obligated to do
- Le tocó aprender hebreo. ― She had to learn Hebrew.
- (transitive) to knock
- tocar la puerta ― to knock on the door
- (transitive) to honk
- tocar la bocina ― to honk the horn
- (transitive) to ring
- tocar un timbre ― to ring a doorbell
- (transitive) to touch on (mention briefly)
- Vamos a tocar el tema de las finanzas personales. ― We're going to touch on the topic of personal finance.
- (intransitive) to touch (affect emotionally)
- Sinceramente la película me tocó. ― To be honest, the movie [deeply] touched me.
- (transitive, baseball) to bunt
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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gerund | tocando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tocado | tocada | |||||
plural | tocados | tocadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | toco | tocastú tocásvos |
toca | tocamos | tocáis | tocan | |
imperfect | tocaba | tocabas | tocaba | tocábamos | tocabais | tocaban | |
preterite | toqué | tocaste | tocó | tocamos | tocasteis | tocaron | |
future | tocaré | tocarás | tocará | tocaremos | tocaréis | tocarán | |
conditional | tocaría | tocarías | tocaría | tocaríamos | tocaríais | tocarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | toque | toquestú toquésvos2 |
toque | toquemos | toquéis | toquen | |
imperfect (ra) |
tocara | tocaras | tocara | tocáramos | tocarais | tocaran | |
imperfect (se) |
tocase | tocases | tocase | tocásemos | tocaseis | tocasen | |
future1 | tocare | tocares | tocare | tocáremos | tocareis | tocaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | tocatú tocávos |
toque | toquemos | tocad | toquen | ||
negative | no toques | no toque | no toquemos | no toquéis | no toquen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From toca (“headscarf, wimple, kind of hat”).
Verb edit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)
- to comb or dress one's hair
- to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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gerund | tocando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tocado | tocada | |||||
plural | tocados | tocadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | toco | tocastú tocásvos |
toca | tocamos | tocáis | tocan | |
imperfect | tocaba | tocabas | tocaba | tocábamos | tocabais | tocaban | |
preterite | toqué | tocaste | tocó | tocamos | tocasteis | tocaron | |
future | tocaré | tocarás | tocará | tocaremos | tocaréis | tocarán | |
conditional | tocaría | tocarías | tocaría | tocaríamos | tocaríais | tocarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | toque | toquestú toquésvos2 |
toque | toquemos | toquéis | toquen | |
imperfect (ra) |
tocara | tocaras | tocara | tocáramos | tocarais | tocaran | |
imperfect (se) |
tocase | tocases | tocase | tocásemos | tocaseis | tocasen | |
future1 | tocare | tocares | tocare | tocáremos | tocareis | tocaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | tocatú tocávos |
toque | toquemos | tocad | toquen | ||
negative | no toques | no toque | no toquemos | no toquéis | no toquen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
- tocador (“dressing table”)
Further reading edit
- “tocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb edit
tocar
- (transitive) to touch
Conjugation edit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | tocar | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | tocando | |||
past participle | tocà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | toco | (te) tochi | (el/ła) toca | tochémo, tocòn | toché | (i/łe) toca |
imperfect | tocava | (te) tocavi | (el/ła) tocava | tocàvimo | tocavi | (i/łe) tocava |
future | tocarò | (te) tocarè | (el/ła) tocarà | tocarémo | tocarè | (i/łe) tocarà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | tocarìa | (te) tocarisi | (el/ła) tocarìa | tocarìsimo | tocarisi | (i/łe) tocarìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | toche, toca | (te) tochi | (el/ła) toche, (el/ła) toca | tochémo, tocone | toché | (i/łe) toche, (i/łe) toca |
imperfect | tocase | (te) tocasi | (el/ła) tocase | tocàsimo | tocasi | (i/łe) tocase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) toca | (el/ła) toca, (el/ła) toche | tochémo | toché | (i/łe) toca, (i/łe) toche |