chocar

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

1. to brood
2. to incubate (a sickness)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From choque (“crash”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

1. to crash

Conjugation

References

• “chocar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “chocar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chocar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “chocar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “chocar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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)

1. (transitive) to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
2. (of an egg, intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
3. (of a creature, intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
4. (figurative, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
5. (slang, intransitive) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
6. (informal, of a drink, intransitive) to become foul due to heat

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From choque +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to collide (to hit one another violently)

   As aeronaves se chocaram logo depois de decolarem.

   The aircraft collided soon after they took off.

2. (usually takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or contra or com) to collide with; to crash against (to hit violently)

   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.

3. (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.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to clash with (not to work well together with)

   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

Synonyms

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

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, or from French choquer. Compare English shock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cho‧car

Verb

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choqué, past participle chocado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to crash

   Synonym: estrellar

2. (intransitive) to bump into, to collide with (+ con)
3. (intransitive) to shock, scandalize
4. (intransitive) to crash into, to hit, to slam into, to collide with (+ contra)
5. (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

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Further reading

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