toucha

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Standard English touch, as in "touching someone for money".

Pronunciation

Noun

toucha (plural touchas)

  1. (Geordie, derogatory) A person who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return.
    Yer a toucha, yee just somthin for nothin aall the time!

French

Pronunciation

Verb

toucha

  1. third-person singular past historic of toucher
    Elle me toucha la main, la baisa, et je tombai amoureux d'elle.
    She touched my hand, kissed it, and I fell in love with her.

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of touche (touch, noun) +‎ -a (noun→verb suffix). Ultimately borrowed from French touche. First attested in 1895[1].

Verb

toucha (present touchar, preterite touchade, supine touchat, imperative toucha)

  1. to graze (touch lightly on passing)
    Synonym: snudda
    • 1901 September 23, “Pansarbåten Oden på grund [Ironclad Odin Aground]”, in Svenska Morgonbladet, page 4:
      Under pågående eskaderöfningar råkade natten mellan sistlidne torsdag och fredag pansarbåten Oden »toucha» ett grund i en hemlig militärled strax väster om Skarp-Runmarö.
      During squadron manoeuvres, on the night between Thursday and Friday last, the ironclad Odin grazed a shoal in a secret naval channel just west of Skarp-Runmarö.
    • 2024 September 30, Stina Ahlinder, Patric Sellén, “Krock mellan persontåg och bil norr om Timrå – inga personskador [Collision between passenger train and car north of Timrå – no injuries]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Det verkar som om tåget bara touchat i bilens fram- eller bakdel, säger SOS larmoperatör []
      It seems as though the train only grazed the front or rear of the car, says SOS alarm operator .

Conjugation

Conjugation of toucha (weak)
active passive
infinitive toucha touchas
supine touchat touchats
imperative toucha
imper. plural1 touchen
present past present past
indicative touchar touchade touchas touchades
ind. plural1 toucha touchade touchas touchades
subjunctive2 touche touchade touches touchades
present participle touchande
past participle touchad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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