tocar

Pronúncia: tuká
    verb transitiu
  1. to touch.
  2. to feel.
  3. to handle.
  4. música to play.
  5. [tambor] to play, beat.
  6. trompeta to play, blow, sound.
  7. tocar el piano to play the piano.
  8. figuradament to touch.
  9. tocar el cor a algú to touch someone’s heart.
  10. tocar terra to touch land.
  11. tocar fons to touch bottom, bump.
  12. [llebre, etc.] to hit, wing.
  13. [blanc, etc.] to hit
  14. tocar un cavall [amb el fuet, etc.] to (whip \ touch) up a horse
  15. toca ferro! figuradament i col·loquial touch wood!
  16. toca-la! your hand on it!, put it there!
  17. [afer, assumpte, qüestió] to touch on, refer to, allude to.
  18. el seu discurs no va tocar la qüestió religiosa his speech didn’t refer to the religious matter at all, the religious matter was not dealt with in his speech.
  19. [conseqüències] to suffer, undergo, come in for.
  20. ara en tocarem les conseqüències we shall suffer the consequences of all this.
  21. tocar a algú [una cosa] to fall to someone.
  22. li va tocar a ell the lot fell (on \ to) him, it fell to his lot.
  23. ens va tocar la grossa we won the big prize.
  24. [ser de la seva obligació o càrrec] to be one’s turn.
  25. a qui li toca? whose turn is it?
  26. em toca a mi it’s my turn (to play), it’s my go.
  27. et toca a tu de fer la guàrdia it’s your (turn \ go) to mount guard.
  28. [campana] to ring.
  29. to toll, peal.
  30. tocar a morts to toll (for a death).
  31. toquen a missa they are ringing the bell for mass.
  32. la campana toca a foc the bell sounds the fire alarm.
  33. [sirena, etc.] to sound
  34. [disc] to play.
  35. [hora del dia] to chime, strike.
  36. fer tocar amb la mà figuradament to show evidence.
  37. encara no em toca it’s not my turn yet.
  38. tocar el viu a algú to touch someone on the raw.
  39. tocar a penedits to repent, be repentant.
  40. tocar el botet a algú to worm a secret out of someone.
  41. tocar el dos col·loquial to beat it.
  42. tocar la corda sensible a algú to appeal to someone’s better nature.
  43. tocar moltes tecles to do too many things.
    44. verb intransitiu
  44. [ser una cosa en contacte amb una altra] to touch, be touching.
  45. la taula toca a la paret the table (touches \ is up against) the wall.
  46. també nàutica [arribar de pas en un punt] to call at, touch at.
  47. el vaixell no toca pas a Barcelona the ship does not call at Barcelona.
  48. a tocar locució adverbial close by.
  49. no tocar de peus a terra figuradament not to have one’s feet on the ground.
    50. verb pronominal
  50. [estar en contacte dues coses] to touch each other, be in contact.
  51. els extrems es toquen figuradament extremes meet, too far East is West.
  52. [vi etc.] to turn sour, go off.
  53. [fruita, etc.] to spoil, go rotten.
  54. tocar-se (de l’ala \ del bolet) to go barmy.
  55. (ídem) col·loquial go crazy.