toca

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

Asturian

Verb

toca

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

toca

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

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

tōca

  1. (transitive) to bury, to plant something

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

toca

  1. name

Galician

Verb

toca

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
  • Hyphenation: to‧ca

Etymology 1

Uncertain, with multiple theories:

Noun

toca f (plural tocas)

  1. den, burrow
    Synonyms: covil, furna, lura
    • 1919, Monteiro Lobato, Jeca Tatú: Vida e costumes, page 8:
      Sua casa de sapé e lama faz rir aos bichos que moram em toca e gargalhar ao joão de barro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (figurative) refuge, hiding place
  3. (figurative, colloquial) bedroom
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from tocar (to touch).

Noun

toca m (uncountable)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

toca

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

References

  1. ^ toca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024
  2. ^ toca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoka/
  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Syllabification: to‧ca

Etymology 1

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

toca f (plural tocas)

  1. kerchief, turban cloth (so to say)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

toca

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

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

toca

  1. wax
  2. a candle

References

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