"toca" meaning in Portuguese

See toca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɔ.kɐ/ Forms: tocas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Etymology: Uncertain, with multiple theories: * from Paleo-Hispanic; * from Spanish tueca. Etymology templates: {{unc|pt}} Uncertain, {{der|pt|qsb-ibe}} Paleo-Hispanic, {{bor|pt|es|tueca}} Spanish tueca Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} toca f (plural tocas)
  1. den, burrow Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Synonyms: covil, furna, lura
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-noun-Depkygu3 Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 36 3 26 2 27 7
  2. (figurative) refuge, hiding place Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-noun-C79bQmxd
  3. (figurative, colloquial) bedroom Tags: colloquial, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-noun-oF5v63nI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: entocar, paleotoca
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɔ.kɐ/
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Etymology: Deverbal from tocar (“to touch”). Etymology templates: {{deverbal|pt|tocar||to touch}} Deverbal from tocar (“to touch”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|-}} toca m (uncountable)
  1. (Ceará) tag (children's chasing game) Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms: pega-pega
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-noun-g3N028vi Categories (other): Cearense Portuguese, Portuguese deverbals, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɔ.kɐ/
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} toca
  1. inflection of tocar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: tocar
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-verb-MskXjJVa Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 2 2 73 17
  2. inflection of tocar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: tocar
    Sense id: en-toca-pt-verb-jFM2Lana
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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Download raw JSONL data for toca meaning in Portuguese (4.5kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ceará",
  "path": [
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  "title": "toca",
  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ceará",
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