tocar
Aragonese
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tocar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin.
Conjugation
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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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 | o | toques | a | 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, as | toque | toquemos | toquéis | toquen, an |
imperfect | tocare, tocara | tocares, tocaras | tocare, tocara | tocáremos, tocáramos | tocareis, tocarais | tocaren, tocaran | |
imperative | — | a | — | — | tocái | — |
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare French toucher.
Pronunciation
Conjugation
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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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 |
Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin.
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
Conjugation
infinitive | tocar | ||||||
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gerund | tocando | ||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | tocado | tocados | |||||
feminine | tocada | tocadas | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
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 | Vde. | nós | vós | Vdes. | |
affirmative | — | toca | toque | toquemos | tocade | toquen | |
negative | — | toques | toque | toquemos | toquedes | toquen | |
personal infinitive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
tocar | tocares | tocar | tocarmos | tocardes | tocaren |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare French toucher, Italian toccare, Romanian toca, Spanish tocar.
Verb
tocar (first-person singular present indicative toco, past participle tocado)
- (transitive with em or with no preposition) to touch, to finger, to feel (tactually)
- (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
- 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)
- (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
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of tocar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of tocar
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of tocar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of tocar
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
Notes:[edit] | ||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 | tocamos tocámos |
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) | - | toques | toque | toquemos | toqueis | toquem |
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tocar.
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
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.
- (transitive) to be someone's time or turn
- Ahora me toca jugar. ― Now it's my turn to play.
- (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)
Conjugation
- c becomes qu before e.
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 |
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 imperative toca | |||||||
dative | tócame | tócate | tócale | tócanos | not used | tócales | |
accusative | tócame | tócate | tócalo, tócala | tócanos | not used | tócalos, tócalas | |
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 |
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
- c becomes qu before e.
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 |
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 imperative toca | |||||||
dative | tócame | tócate | tócale | tócanos | not used | tócales | |
accusative | tócame | tócate | tócalo, tócala | tócanos | not used | tócalos, tócalas | |
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 |
Further reading
- “tocar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Venetian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *toccō, of Germanic or onomatopoetic origin. Compare Italian toccare.
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | tocar | |||||
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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 |