tocar
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
VerbEdit
tocar
- (transitive) to touch
ReferencesEdit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tocar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
VerbEdit
tocar (first-person singular indicative present toco, past participle tocáu)
ConjugationEdit
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 | — |
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /toˈka/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tuˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /toˈkaɾ/
- Homophones: tocà, tucà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
VerbEdit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, past participle tocat)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “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.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
- 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
- Para o qual o dito Ferrnand Dourado fezo juramento solepne aos santo euangeos en hun libro misal que tocou con suas maos
- Synonym: tanguer
- 1454, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 315:
- 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!
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tocar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tocar
ConjugationEdit
- Note: toc- are changed to toqu- before front vowels (e).
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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 readingEdit
- “tocar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
tocar
ConjugationEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: to‧car
VerbEdit
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 notesEdit
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.
ConjugationEdit
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 |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.
Derived termsEdit
- tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
- tocante
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
VerbEdit
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)
- (transitive) to touch
- (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
- Ella toca el piano. ― She plays the piano.
- (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn
- (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)
- (transitive) to touch (affect emotionally)
- (transitive, baseball) to bunt
ConjugationEdit
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 termsEdit
- 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 2Edit
From toca (“headscarf, wimple, kind of hat”).
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived termsEdit
- tocador (“dressing table”)
Further readingEdit
- “tocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
AnagramsEdit
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
VerbEdit
tocar
- (transitive) to touch
ConjugationEdit
- 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 |