socar

Related to socair (“still, quiet”) and socraigh (“to calm, to quiet”).

socar

1. only used in ar socar

• Hyphenation: so‧car

Uncertain.^[1][2] Possibly, from soco (“punch”) +‎ -ar,^[3][4][5] or from Old Tupi sok.^[6]

socar (first-person singular present soco, first-person singular preterite soquei, past participle socado)

1. (transitive) to punch; to box (strike with the fists)

   Synonym: esmurrar

2. (transitive) to pound (to crush to pieces; to pulverize)
3. (transitive) to seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm
4. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) to ram (to force something into or through something)
5. (transitive, nautical) to fasten a knot

• soqueiro

From soca +‎ -ar.

socar (first-person singular present soco, first-person singular preterite soquei, past participle socado)

1. (transitive, Brazil, regional) to sprout

• “socar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025