toccare

Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin. Compare French toucher, Friulian tocjâ, Portuguese, Spanish, and Venetian tocar; Romanian toca; Romansch tutgar; Sicilian tuccari; Sardinian toccai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tokˈka.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: toc‧cà‧re

Verb

toccàre (first-person singular present tócco, first-person singular past historic toccài, past participle toccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to touch (to make physical contact with)
    Si prega di non toccare questo.
    Please don't touch this.
  2. (transitive) to be entitled to, to be up to [+ a (object)]
    Tocca a te parlare.
    It's your turn to speak.
    Il premio è toccato a noi.
    We are entitled to the prize.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • toccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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