torcar

See also: torçar

Catalan

Etymology

From torca (“wiping cloth”) +‎ -ar, from torca (“collar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [turˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [torˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toɾˈkaɾ]

Verb

torcar (first-person singular present torco, first-person singular preterite torquí, past participle torcat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to wipe

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of torcar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			torcar
gerund			torcant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		torcat		torcada
		plural		torcats		torcades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	torco	torques	torca	torquem	torqueu	torquen
	imperfect	torcava	torcaves	torcava	torcàvem	torcàveu	torcaven
	future	torcaré	torcaràs	torcarà	torcarem	torcareu	torcaran
	preterite	torquí	torcares	torcà	torcàrem	torcàreu	torcaren
	conditional	torcaria	torcaries	torcaria	torcaríem	torcaríeu	torcarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	torqui	torquis	torqui	torquem	torqueu	torquin
	imperfect	torqués	torquessis	torqués	torquéssim	torquéssiu	torquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	torca	torqui	torquem	torqueu	torquin
	negative (no)	—	no torquis	no torqui	no torquem	no torqueu	no torquin

Derived terms

• torca-raor
• torcaboques
• torcacoltells
• torcador
• torcamans

Further reading

• “torcar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007