Meaning
to touch, to be up to
- to touch (to make physical contact with)
- to be entitled to, to be up to
In a sentence
Non toccare il telefono, è quasi scarico.
Don't touch the phone, it's almost dead.
Hai toccato l'acqua? È davvero fredda.
Did you touch the water? It's really cold.
Oggi tocca a me cucinare per tutti.
Today it's my turn to cook for everyone.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| toccare | infinitive |
| tocchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tocco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| toccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tocchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| toccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tocca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| toccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| toccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| toccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| toccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| toccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| toccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| toccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| toccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| toccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| toccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| toccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| toccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| toccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| toccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| toccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| toccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| toccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| toccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tocchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tocchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tocchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tocchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| toccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| toccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| toccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| toccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| toccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| toccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| toccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| toccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tocchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| toccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| toccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| toccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tocchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| toccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tocca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| toccando | gerund |
| toccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'toccare' for physical contact; 'sentire' for emotional/abstract touch (e.g., 'sentire la mancanza').
- In 'toccare a te', the indirect object pronoun (ti/vi) is often omitted in speech but implied.
- Auxiliary is 'avere' (ho toccato), except in reflexive forms (mi sono toccato).