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tocar

/toˈkaɾ/ · to‧car

verb

  1. to play (an instrument)

    • ¿Tocas el piano?
      Do you play the piano?
  2. to touch

    • No toques la estufa.
      Don't touch the stove.

For games and sports, use jugar.

PresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yotocotoquétocabatocaré
tútocastocastetocabastocarás
él, ella, ustedtocatocótocabatocará
nosotrostocamostocamostocábamostocaremos
ellos, ellas, ustedestocantocarontocabantocarán

gerund tocando · past participle tocado

Spain also uses vosotros for "you all"; in the Americas it is ustedes.

Learn it in Unit 12: What I like: Sports and music · A1

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