toch
Significado (English)
- still, nevertheless, anyway
- after all, despite what was expected
- yes, surely; implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative.
- In positive statements, a modal particle indicating certainty or emphasis, implying that the speaker considers his statement to be obvious.
- In questions, a modal particle indicating uncertainty or sometimes worry, implying that the speaker hopes to be confirmed or reassured; may also be postpositioned as a tag question.; right? is that so?
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/tɔx/
Etymology (English)
In summary
From Middle Dutch toch, alteration of doch.
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