toca
Meaning
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- (feminine) den, burrow
- (feminine,figuratively) refuge, hiding place
- (colloquial,feminine,figuratively) bedroom
Frequency
Hyphenated as
to‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɔ.kɐ/
Etymology
Uncertain, with multiple theories: * from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; * from Spanish tueca.
New
tocar
- (intransitive,transitive) to touch, to finger, to feel (tactually)
- (figuratively,intransitive) to start addressing
- (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
- (transitive) to sound, jingle, to honk, to ring (a bell, alarm, horn or similar object)
- (Brazil,informal,transitive) to kick out, to expulse
- (Brazil,informal,reflexive) to become aware; to realize or perceive
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