tocante
Portuguese, adjective/toˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
tocante is spelled T-O-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tocante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “touching; moving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que toca”.
What does tocante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinetouching; moving
uma canção tocante
- 2
femininemasculineconcerning
no tocante a este assunto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que toca 2. relativo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tocante
- tocantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tocante?
- Brazil /toˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /tuˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tocante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tocante in Portuguese?
tocante appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).