tocar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

tocar

1. (transitive) to touch

References

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

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic 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	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare French toucher.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

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, 2024
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin.

Verb

1. to touch
2. to play (a musical instrument or a musical recording)
3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tocar
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tocar

Derived terms

• tocadiscos

Further reading

• “tocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• tochar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic 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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare French toucher, Italian toccare, Romanian toca, Spanish tocar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /toˈkaʁ/

Verb

1. Template:indtr 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. (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

7. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.

Derived terms

• tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
• tocante

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare English touch, French toucher, Italian toccare, Portuguese tocar, Romanian toca.

Verb

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

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)

Synonyms

• (to be next): seguir, ser el siguiente

Derived terms

• de mírame y no me toques
• tocadiscos
• 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

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

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

Anagrams

• actor
• corta

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Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare Italian toccare.

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