tocar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

tocar

1. (transitive) to touch

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tocar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

tocar (first-person singular indicative present toco, past participle tocáu)

1. to touch
2. to play (an instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tocar

infinitive		tocar
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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /toˈka/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tuˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /toˈkaɾ/
• Homophones: tocà, tucà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, past participle tocat)

1. to touch
2. to feel
3. to press (a switch, button)
4. to play (a musical instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tocar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tocar
present participle			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
		—	toca	toqui	toquem	toqueu	toquin

Derived terms

• pertocar
• toc
• tocar el dos
• tocar i parar

Further reading

• “tocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toˈkaɾ]

Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)

1. to touch
   • 1454, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), 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

   Synonym: tanguer

2. to play (a musical instrument or a musical recording)

   Synonym: tanguer

3. (intransitive) to knock

   Synonym: petar

   Quen toca na porta? ― Who's knocking on the door?

4. to ring

   Synonym: tanguer

5. (impersonal) to be awarded; to win, obtain

   Ó que máis tarda menos lle toca (proverb) ― He who delays more gets less

6. (impersonal) to be someone's time or turn

   Tócame! ― It's my turn!

7. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tocar
8. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tocar

Conjugation

• Note: toc- are changed to toqu- before front vowels (e).

Conjugation of tocar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	tocar
personal	tocar	tocares	tocar	tocarmos	tocardes	tocaren
Gerund
	tocando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	tocado			tocados
feminine	tocada			tocadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
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	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	toque	toques	toque	toquemos	toquedes	toquen
preterite	tocase	tocases	tocase	tocásemos	tocásedes	tocasen
future	tocar	tocares	tocar	tocarmos	tocardes	tocaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	toca	toque	toquemos	tocade	toquen
negative	–	toques	toque	toquemos	toquedes	toquen

Derived terms

• tocadiscos

References

• “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

• “tocar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• tochar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

tocar

1. to touch
2. to play (a musical instrument)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈka(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkaɾ/

• Hyphenation: to‧car

Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)

1. (transitive with em or with no preposition) to touch, to finger, to feel (tactually)

   Toquei levemente (em) seu braço ― I slighty touched his arm

   Synonyms: sentir, dedilhar, roçar, apalpar, pôr a mão

2. (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

3. to play (a musical instrument)

   Ela toca piano muito bem ― She plays the piano very well

4. to sound, jingle, to honk, to ring (a bell, alarm, horn or similar object)

   Toque a campainha! ― Ring the bell!

   Não deveríamos ter tocado o alarme. ― We shouldn't have sounded the alarm.

   Synonym: soar (alarm)

   Synonyms: badalar, bater (bell)

5. (Brazil, informal) to kick out, to expulse

   Alguém precisa tocá-lo daqui ― Someone has to kick him out from here

6. (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

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

    Conjugation of tocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	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

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.

Derived terms

• tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
• tocante

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧car

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)

1. (transitive) to touch
2. (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)

   Ella toca el piano. ― She plays the piano.

3. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn

   Ahora me toca jugar. ― Now it's my turn to play.

   te toca a ti ― it's your turn

   Synonyms: seguir, ser el siguiente

4. (transitive) to knock

   tocar la puerta ― to knock on the door

5. (transitive) to honk

   tocar la bocina ― to honk the horn

6. (transitive) to ring

   tocar un timbre ― to ring a doorbell

7. (transitive) to touch on (mention briefly)
8. (transitive) to touch (affect emotionally)
9. (transitive, baseball) to bunt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tocar
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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tocar
	dative	tocarme	tocarte	tocarle, tocarse	tocarnos	tocaros	tocarles, tocarse
	accusative	tocarme	tocarte	tocarlo, tocarla, tocarse	tocarnos	tocaros	tocarlos, tocarlas, tocarse
with gerund tocando
	dative	tocándome	tocándote	tocándole, tocándose	tocándonos	tocándoos	tocándoles, tocándose
	accusative	tocándome	tocándote	tocándolo, tocándola, tocándose	tocándonos	tocándoos	tocándolos, tocándolas, tocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative toca
	dative	tócame	tócate	tócale	tócanos	not used	tócales
	accusative	tócame	tócate	tócalo, tócala	tócanos	not used	tócalos, tócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tocá
	dative	tocame	tocate	tocale	tocanos	not used	tocales
	accusative	tocame	tocate	tocalo, tocala	tocanos	not used	tocalos, tocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative toque
	dative	tóqueme	not used	tóquele, tóquese	tóquenos	not used	tóqueles
	accusative	tóqueme	not used	tóquelo, tóquela, tóquese	tóquenos	not used	tóquelos, tóquelas
with first-person plural imperative toquemos
	dative	not used	toquémoste	toquémosle	toquémonos	toquémoos	toquémosles
	accusative	not used	toquémoste	toquémoslo, toquémosla	toquémonos	toquémoos	toquémoslos, toquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tocad
	dative	tocadme	not used	tocadle	tocadnos	tocaos	tocadles
	accusative	tocadme	not used	tocadlo, tocadla	tocadnos	tocaos	tocadlos, tocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative toquen
	dative	tóquenme	not used	tóquenle	tóquennos	not used	tóquenles, tóquense
	accusative	tóquenme	not used	tóquenlo, tóquenla	tóquennos	not used	tóquenlos, tóquenlas, tóquense

Derived terms

• de mírame y no me toques
• tocadiscos
• tocamiento
• tocapelotas
• tocar a muerto
• tocar fondo (“to bottom out; to hit rock-bottom”)
• tocar las pelotas
• tocar los cojones
• tocar los huevos
• tocar madera
• tocársela

 

Etymology 2

From toca (“headscarf, wimple, kind of hat”).

Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)

1. to comb or dress one's hair
2. to don a hat, scarf or other head covering

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tocar
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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tocar
	dative	tocarme	tocarte	tocarle, tocarse	tocarnos	tocaros	tocarles, tocarse
	accusative	tocarme	tocarte	tocarlo, tocarla, tocarse	tocarnos	tocaros	tocarlos, tocarlas, tocarse
with gerund tocando
	dative	tocándome	tocándote	tocándole, tocándose	tocándonos	tocándoos	tocándoles, tocándose
	accusative	tocándome	tocándote	tocándolo, tocándola, tocándose	tocándonos	tocándoos	tocándolos, tocándolas, tocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative toca
	dative	tócame	tócate	tócale	tócanos	not used	tócales
	accusative	tócame	tócate	tócalo, tócala	tócanos	not used	tócalos, tócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tocá
	dative	tocame	tocate	tocale	tocanos	not used	tocales
	accusative	tocame	tocate	tocalo, tocala	tocanos	not used	tocalos, tocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative toque
	dative	tóqueme	not used	tóquele, tóquese	tóquenos	not used	tóqueles
	accusative	tóqueme	not used	tóquelo, tóquela, tóquese	tóquenos	not used	tóquelos, tóquelas
with first-person plural imperative toquemos
	dative	not used	toquémoste	toquémosle	toquémonos	toquémoos	toquémosles
	accusative	not used	toquémoste	toquémoslo, toquémosla	toquémonos	toquémoos	toquémoslos, toquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tocad
	dative	tocadme	not used	tocadle	tocadnos	tocaos	tocadles
	accusative	tocadme	not used	tocadlo, tocadla	tocadnos	tocaos	tocadlos, tocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative toquen
	dative	tóquenme	not used	tóquenle	tóquennos	not used	tóquenles, tóquense
	accusative	tóquenme	not used	tóquenlo, tóquenla	tóquennos	not used	tóquenlos, tóquenlas, tóquense

Derived terms

• tocador (“dressing table”)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• actor
• corta

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

tocar

1. (transitive) to touch

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tocar (first conjugation)

infinitive	tocar
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

Synonyms

• tastar