tocar

Meaning

1. to touch
2. to play (a musical instrument or a musical recording)
3. (intransitive) to knock
4. to ring
5. (impersonal) to be awarded; to win, obtain
6. (impersonal) to be someone's time or turn

Hyphenated as

to‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈkaɾ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tocar, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.

Sentences

Ela aprendeu a tocar e gravou ao ano seguinte .

She learned to play and recorded the following year.