tocar
Spanish, verb/toˈkaɾ/
tocar is spelled T-O-C-A-R (5 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,115th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to touch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Percibir las cualidades de un objeto mediante el sentido del tacto”.
What does tocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to touch
Toca esta tela.
- 2
to play (a musical instrument)
Ella toca el piano.
- 3
to be someone's time or turn, or time to do something
Ahora toca jugar.
- 4
to have to do something, be obligated to do
Le tocó aprender hebreo.
- 5
to knock
tocar la puerta
- 6
to honk
tocar la bocina
- 7
to ring
tocar un timbre
- 8
to touch on (mention briefly)
Vamos a tocar el tema de las finanzas personales.
verb
- 1
to comb or dress one's hair
- 2
to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percibir las cualidades de un objeto mediante el sentido del tacto. 2. Poner dos objetos en contacto. 3. Producir sonidos utilizando un instrumento musical. 4. Por extensión, interpretar una obra musical.
verb: 1. Llegarle el turno a uno de hacer algo. 2. Caer en suerte una cosa. 3. Dicho del galgo: hallar el rastro de la caza. 4. Importar, ser de interés, conveniencia o provecho.
verb: 1. Peinar el cabello; componerlo con cintas, lazos y otros adornos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tocar
- toco first-person present singular
- toqué first-person preterite singular
- tocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- tocando gerund
- tocada feminine participle past
- tocados masculine participle past
- tocadas feminine participle past
- tocas indicative informal present
- tocás indicative informal present
- toca indicative present singular
- tocamos first-person indicative plural
- tocáis indicative plural present
- tocan indicative plural present
- tocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tocar?
- /toˈkaɾ/
- [t̪oˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tocar in Spanish?
tocar appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).