tocar

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

tocar

  1. (transitive) to touch

References[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to touch
    • 1454, E. Cal Pardo, editor, 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  • “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[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

tocar

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

Conjugation[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: to‧car

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

    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[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.

Derived terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
    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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
    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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

tocar

  1. (transitive) to touch

Conjugation[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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