# tocar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈka(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: to‧car

### Verb

tocar
* (transitive) to touch

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: to‧car

### Verb

tocar (first-person singular indicative present toco, past participle tocáu)
* to touch
* to play (an instrument)

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tuˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [toˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [toˈkaɾ]
* Homophones: tocà, tucà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquí, past participle tocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to touch
* to feel
* to press (a switch, button)
* to play (a musical instrument)

#### 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, 2025
* “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 Galician-Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: to‧car

### Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
* to touch
    Synonym: tanguer
** 1454, E. Cal Pardo, editor, 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 maosFor which said Fernando Dourado swore a solemn oath to the Holy Gospels in a missal book that he touched with his hands
* 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!

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* tocadiscos

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tocar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tocar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tocar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “tocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “tocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## 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 Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toˈka(ʁ)/ [toˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tuˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: to‧car

### Verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toquei, past participle tocado)
* (transitive or intransitive) to touch, to finger, to feel (tactually) [transitive or with em ‘something’]
    Toquei levemente (em) seu braço ― I slighty touched his arm
    Synonyms: sentir, dedilhar, roçar, apalpar, pôr a mão
* (intransitive, figurative) to start addressing [with em ‘a particular subject or issue’]
    Já que você tocou nessa questão, vamos continuar ― Since you began talking about that issue, let's continue
* (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
    Ela toca piano muito bem ― She plays the piano very well
* (transitive) 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)
* (transitive, Brazil, informal) to kick out, to expulse
    Alguém precisa tocá-lo daqui ― Someone has to kick him out from here
* (reflexive, Brazil, informal) to become aware; to realize or perceive
    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

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tocar.

#### Derived terms

* tocar no assunto (idiomatic)
* tocante

#### Descendants

* Macanese: tocâ

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈkaɾ/ [t̪oˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: to‧car

### Etymology 1

Inherited 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
    Toca esta tela. ― Touch this cloth.
* (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
    Ella toca el piano. ― She plays the piano.
* (impersonal, intransitive) to be someone's time or turn
    Synonyms: seguir, ser el siguiente
    Ahora me toca jugar. ― Now it's my turn to play.
    le toca a él ― it's his turn
* (impersonal, intransitive) to have to do something, be obligated to do
    Le tocó aprender hebreo. ― She had to learn Hebrew.
* (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)
    Vamos a tocar el tema de las finanzas personales. ― We're going to touch on the topic of personal finance.
* (intransitive) to touch (affect emotionally)
    Sinceramente la película me tocó. ― To be honest, the movie [deeply] touched me.
    Esa triste historia le tocó. ― That sad story touched him.
* (transitive, baseball) to bunt

##### 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

* de mírame y no me toques
* tocadiscos
* tocamiento
* tocapelotas
* tocar a muerto
* tocar el violín
* tocar fondo (“to bottom out; to hit rock-bottom”)
* tocar las pelotas
* tocar los cojones
* tocar los huevos
* tocar madera
* tocársela
* tócate los cojones

### 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

$^1$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

* tocador (“dressing table”)

#### Further reading

* “tocar”, 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

### Anagrams

* actor
* corta

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

### Verb

tocar
* (transitive) to touch

#### Conjugation

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

#### Synonyms

* tastar