toca

See also: Toca, tocá, tocà, toca', and to̱ca̱'

Asturian

Verb

toca

1. third-person singular present indicative of tocar
2. second-person singular imperative of tocar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈto̞.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈtɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɔ.ka]

Verb

toca

1. inflection of tocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːka/
• Rhymes: -aci

Verb

tōca

1. (transitive) to bury, to plant something

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

toca

1. name

Galician

Verb

toca

1. inflection of tocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
• Hyphenation: to‧ca

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Theories include:

• from Paleo-Hispanic;
• from Spanish tueca.

Noun

toca f (plural tocas)

1. den, burrow

   Synonyms: covil, furna, lura

   • 1919, Monteiro Lobato, Jeca Tatú: Vida e costumes‎^[1], page 8:

     Sua casa de sapé e lama faz rir aos bichos que moram em toca e gargalhar ao joão de barro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) refuge, hiding place
3. (figurative, colloquial) bedroom
4. (Azores) root (of a plant)

Derived terms

• entocar
• paleotoca

Etymology 2

Deverbal from tocar (“to touch”).

Noun

toca m (uncountable)

1. (Ceará) tag (children's chasing game)

   Synonym: pega-pega

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

toca

1. inflection of tocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “toca”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “toca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “toca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “toca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “toca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Anagrams

• acto, acto-, cato, cota, taco-, taco, octã, octa-

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *toccāre or *tuccāre (“to knock, strike, offend”), possibly of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin. Compare French toucher, toquer, Italian toccare, Portuguese tocar, Spanish tocar. Alternatively possibly from Italian toccare (*tuca would be expected from a direct continuation).

Verb

a toca (third-person singular present toacă, past participle tocat, third-person subjunctive toace) 1st conjugation

1. to chop, mince, hack
2. to hit, knock, bang against something (such as with a hammer)
3. to bother, pester, nag

Conjugation

    conjugation of toca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a toca
gerund			tocând
past participle			tocat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	toc	toci	toacă	tocăm	tocați	toacă
	imperfect	tocam	tocai	toca	tocam	tocați	tocau
	simple perfect	tocai	tocași	tocă	tocarăm	tocarăți	tocară
	pluperfect	tocasem	tocaseși	tocase	tocaserăm	tocaserăți	tocaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să toc	să toci	să toace	să tocăm	să tocați	să toace
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		toacă			tocați
	negative		nu toca			nu tocați

Derived terms

• toacă
• tocare
• tocat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoka/ [ˈt̪o.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: to‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian toca, tocca (“veil, silkcloth”), from Lombard toh (“headscarf”), from Lombardic *tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth”). Compare French toque, of similar origin.

Noun

toca f (plural tocas)

1. kerchief, turban cloth (so to say)

Derived terms

• destocar
• toquilla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

toca

1. inflection of tocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “toca”, 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

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.t͡ʃa]

Noun

toca

1. wax
2. a candle

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh