tocante

Portuguese

Etymology

From tocar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: to‧can‧te

Adjective

tocante m or f (plural tocantes)

1. touching; moving

   Synonym: comovente

   uma canção tocante ― a moving song

2. concerning

   no tocante a este assunto ― as far as this issue is concerned

Derived terms

• no tocante a

Spanish

Adjective

tocante (invariable)

1. Only used in a handful of connecting phrases

Related terms

• en lo tocante a
• tocante a

 

Adjective

tocante m or f (masculine and feminine plural tocantes)

1. touching

Further reading

• “tocante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014