choque

See also: Choque and choqué

English

Noun

choque (plural choques)

1. Obsolete form of shock.

Verb

choque (third-person singular simple present choques, present participle choquing, simple past and past participle choqued)

1. Obsolete form of shock.

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɔk/

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. (Louisiana) alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔk/

Verb

choque

1. inflection of choquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ki/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
• Hyphenation: cho‧que

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.

Old French choquer

Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder.

Picard chuquier / çukerbor.

Middle French chocquer

French choquerdeverb.

French chocbor.

Portuguese choque

Borrowed from French choc (“shock”).

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. collision, shock (sudden, heavy impact)

   Synonyms: batida, colisão, impacto

2. shock (something so surprising that it is stunning)
3. electric shock (sudden burst of electric energy through something or someone)

   Synonym: choque elétrico

4. (medicine) circulatory shock (inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements)

   Synonym: choque circulatório

5. (military) a collision of troops

Derived terms

• chocar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar (“to brood”):
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar (“to collide”):
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoke/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: cho‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chocar.

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. collision

   Synonym: colisión

2. accident

   Synonyms: accidente, desgracia

Derived terms

• antichoque
• choque eléctrico
• coche de choque
• de choque
• onda de choque
• parachoques
• prueba de choque

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English shock.

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. (Latin America) shock (medical emergency)

   Synonym: shock

Further reading

• “choque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “choque”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010