tocar
Aragonese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb
tocar
- (transitive) to touch
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tocar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb
tocar (first-person singular indicative present toco, past participle tocáu)
- to touch
- 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 | — | |
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /toˈka/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tuˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /toˈkaɾ/
- Homophones: tocà, tucà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present toco, past participle tocat)
- to touch
- to feel
- to press (a switch, button)
- to play (a musical instrument)
Conjugation
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
- pertocar
- toc
- tocar el dos
- tocar i parar
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, 2023
- “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.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toˈkaɾ]
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
- to touch
- 1454, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), 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
- Para o qual o dito Ferrnand Dourado fezo juramento solepne aos santo euangeos en hun libro misal que tocou con suas maos
- Synonym: tanguer
- 1454, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 315:
- to play (a musical instrument or a musical recording)
- Synonym: tanguer
- (intransitive) to knock
- Synonym: petar
- Quen toca na porta? ― Who's knocking on the door?
- to ring
- Synonym: tanguer
- (impersonal) to be awarded; to win, obtain
- Ó que máis tarda menos lle toca (proverb) ― He who delays more gets less
- (impersonal) to be someone's time or turn
- Tócame! ― It's my turn!
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tocar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tocar
Conjugation
- 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
- tocadiscos
References
- “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
- “tocar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- tochar
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
tocar
- to touch
- to play (a musical instrument)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈkaɾ/
- Hyphenation: to‧car
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
- (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
- (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
- to play (a musical instrument)
- Ela toca piano muito bem ― She plays the piano very well
- 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)
- (Brazil, informal) to kick out, to expulse
- Alguém precisa tocá-lo daqui ― Someone has to kick him out from here
- (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
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
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
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.
Derived terms
- tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
- tocante
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: to‧car
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)
- (transitive) to touch
- (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
- Ella toca el piano. ― She plays the piano.
- (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
- (transitive) to knock
- tocar la puerta ― to knock on the door
- (transitive) to honk
- tocar la bocina ― to honk the horn
- (transitive) to ring
- tocar un timbre ― to ring a doorbell
- (transitive) to touch on (mention briefly)
- (transitive) to touch (affect emotionally)
- (transitive, baseball) to bunt
Conjugation
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
- de mírame y no me toques
- tocadiscos
- tocamiento
- 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
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)
- to comb or dress one's hair
- to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
Conjugation
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
- tocador (“dressing table”)
Further reading
- “tocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- actor
- corta
Venetian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.
Verb
tocar
- (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