# chocar
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* chucar (Somiedu, Miranda, Cuarto de los Valles)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]

### Verb

chocar (first-person singular indicative present choco, past participle chocáu)
* to crash, collide
* to dispute, fight, not get along
    Ésos choquen siempreThose are always fighting
* to surprise, be surprising, to find something strange
    Choca que nun digan nadaIt's surprising that they say nothing
* to high five

#### Related terms

* chocante
* chocada

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from *clocca, voice of a brood hen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]

#### Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)
* to brood
* to incubate (a sickness)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Etymology 2

From choque (“crash”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]

#### Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)
* to crash

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chocar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “chocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chocar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “clueca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃoˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃoˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃuˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃuˈka.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloccāre, from Latin glocīre, glociāre (“to cluck”).

#### Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)
* (transitive) to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
* (of an egg, intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
* (of a creature, intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
* (figurative, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
* (slang, intransitive) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
* (informal, of a drink, intransitive) to become foul due to heat

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2

From choque +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)
* (pronominal) to collide (to hit one another violently)
    As aeronaves se chocaram logo depois de decolarem.The aircraft collided soon after they took off.
* (usually pronominal) to collide with; to crash against (to hit violently) [with em or contra or com ‘something’]
    Só um esquiador na história conseguiu descer esta ladeira sem se chocar em nenhuma árvore.Only one skier in history was able to go down this hill without hitting any tree.
* (transitive) to shock (to evoke a very negative emotional response)
    Os vídeos de decapitação do Estado Islâmico chocaram o mundo.The Islamic State’s decapitation videos shocked the world.
* (pronominal) to clash (to not work well together) [with com ‘with someone/something’]
    Os imigrantes serão bem aceitos porque seus valores não se chocam com os nossos.The immigrants will be accepted because their values do not clash with ours.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Synonyms

* (to collide with one another): bater
* (to collide with): bater em/contra, atingir
* (to clash with): conflitar com

### Further reading

* “chocar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “chocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “chocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic, or from French choquer. Compare English shock.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cho‧car

### Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choqué, past participle chocado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to crash
    Synonym: estrellar
* (intransitive) to bump (into), to collide (with) [with con ‘something’]
* (intransitive) to shock, scandalize
* (intransitive) to crash into, to hit, to slam into, to collide with [with con ‘something’]
* (intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to upset

#### Usage notes

* Chocar is a false friend, and does not mean "to choke". The word for "to choke", in the sense of "to choke someone", in Spanish is ahorcar, asfixiar or estrangular.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$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.

#### Derived terms

* chocar los cinco

#### Related terms

* choca
* chocante
* chocarla
* choco
* choque

### Further reading

* “chocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10