tocar

tocar

1. (transitive) to touch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

• tocadiscos

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

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

tocar (first-person singular present indicative toco, 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. (figuratively) 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. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of tocar
8. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of tocar
9. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of tocar
10. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of tocar

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.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tocar.

• tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
• tocante

• IPA^(key): /toˈkaɾ/, [t̪oˈkaɾ]

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

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. (transitive) to be someone's time or turn

   Ahora me toca jugar. ― Now it's my turn to play.

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)

• c becomes qu before e.

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

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

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

• c becomes qu before e.

• “tocar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

tocar

1. (transitive) to touch

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• tastar