Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for touch is toccare
The Italian verb for touch is the irregular -ARE verb toccare.... imagine touching the tick TOCK clock!
Toccare can also mean: to handle, to reach; to affect.
Related words include:
- toccarsi (vr) : to touch/feel oneself, to touch each other.
- toccarsi ferro (exp) : to touch wood, knock on wood.
- la tocca (femminile) (nf) : (feminine) touch.
- non toccare! : Do not touch!
These verbs add an h after c and before e and i so as to maintain the hard 'k' sound. Verbs conjugated in this way also include : cercare, cascare, fiaccare, placare, placcare, imbarcare, sbarcare, sboscare, locare, seccare, spaccare, sprecare.
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Imagine touching the tick TOCK clock!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente touch |
tocco | tocchi | tocca | tocchiamo | toccate | toccano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto touched |
toccavo | toccavi | toccava | toccavamo | toccavate | toccavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto touched |
toccai | toccasti | toccò | toccammo | toccaste | toccarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will touch |
toccherò | toccherai | toccherà | toccheremo | toccherete | toccheranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would touch |
toccherei | toccheresti | toccherebbe | toccheremmo | tocchereste | toccherebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may touch |
tocchi | tocchi | tocchi | tocchiamo | tocchiate | tocchino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have touched |
ho toccato | hai toccato | ha toccato | abbiamo toccato | avete toccato | hanno toccato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had touched |
avevo toccato | avevi toccato | aveva toccato | avevamo toccato | avevate toccato | avevano toccato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have touched |
avrò toccato | avrai toccato | avrà toccato | avremo toccato | avrete toccato | avranno toccato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have touched |
avrei toccato | avresti toccato | avrebbe toccato | avremmo toccato | avreste toccato | avrebbero toccato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have touched |
abbia toccato | abbia toccato | abbia toccato | abbiamo toccato | abbiate toccato | abbiano toccato |
| Imperative Imperativo touch! |
tocca! non toccare! |
(non) tocchi! | (non) tocchiamo! | (non) toccate! | (non) tocchino! | |
✔ Toccare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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