Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tokˈka.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: toc‧cà‧re

Verb edit

toccàre (first-person singular present tócco, first-person singular past historic toccài, past participle toccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to touch (to make physical contact with)
    Si prega di non toccare questo.
    Please don't touch this.
  2. (transitive) to be entitled to, to be up to [+ a (object)]
    Tocca a te parlare.
    It's your turn to speak.
    Il premio è toccato a noi.
    We are entitled to the prize.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • toccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

toccare

  1. to touch
  2. to sample, taste

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “toccare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano