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toca

See also: Toca, tocá, tocà, toca', and to̱ca̱'

Asturian

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toca

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tocar
  2. second-person singular imperative of tocar

Catalan

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toca

  1. inflection of tocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Classical Nahuatl

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tōca

  1. (transitive) to bury, to plant something

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Noun

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toca

  1. name

Galician

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toca

  1. inflection of tocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
  • Hyphenation: to‧ca

Etymology 1

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Uncertain, with multiple theories:

Noun

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toca f (plural tocas)

  1. den, burrow
    Synonyms: covil, furna, lura
  2. (figurative) refuge, hiding place
  3. (figurative, colloquial) bedroom
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from tocar (“to touch”).

Noun

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toca m (uncountable)

  1. (Ceará) tag (children's chasing game)
    Synonym: pega-pega

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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toca

  1. inflection of tocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ “toca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “toca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Vulgar Latin *toccāre or *tuccāre (“to knock, strike, offend”), possibly of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin. Compare French toucher, toquer, Italian toccare, Portuguese tocar, Spanish tocar. Alternatively possibly from Italian toccare.

Verb

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a toca (third-person singular present toacă, past participle tocat) 1st conj.

  1. to chop, mince, hack
  2. to hit, knock, bang against something (such as with a hammer)
  3. to bother, pester, nag

Conjugation

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    conjugation of toca (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a toca
gerund tocând
past participle tocat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present toc toci toacă tocăm tocați toacă
imperfect tocam tocai toca tocam tocați tocau
simple perfect tocai tocași tocă tocarăm tocarăți tocară
pluperfect tocasem tocaseși tocase tocaserăm tocaserăți tocaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să toc să toci să toace să tocăm să tocați să toace
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative toacă tocați
negative nu toca nu tocați

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtoka/ [ˈt̪o.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Syllabification: to‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian toca, tocca (“veil, silkcloth”), from Lombard toh (“headscarf”), from Lombardic *tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth”). Compare French toque, of similar origin.

Noun

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toca f (plural tocas)

  1. kerchief, turban cloth (so to say)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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toca

  1. inflection of tocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Ternate

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toca

  1. wax
  2. a candle

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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