xocar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʃuˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʃoˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
xocar (first-person singular present xoco, first-person singular preterite xoquí, past participle xocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to collide [with amb ‘with’], crash [with amb ‘into’]
- (transitive, figurative) to startle
- Synonym: sorprendre
- (transitive, figurative) to amuse, to cause to laugh
Conjugation
Conjugation of xocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
| infinitive | xocar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | xocant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | xocat | xocada | |||||
| plural | xocats | xocades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xoco | xoques | xoca | xoquem | xoqueu | xoquen | |
| imperfect | xocava | xocaves | xocava | xocàvem | xocàveu | xocaven | |
| future | xocaré | xocaràs | xocarà | xocarem | xocareu | xocaran | |
| preterite | xoquí | xocares | xocà | xocàrem | xocàreu | xocaren | |
| conditional | xocaria | xocaries | xocaria | xocaríem | xocaríeu | xocarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xoqui | xoquis | xoqui | xoquem | xoqueu | xoquin | |
| imperfect | xoqués | xoquessis | xoqués | xoquéssim | xoquéssiu | xoquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | xoca | xoqui | xoquem | xoqueu | xoquin | |
| negative (no) | — | no xoquis | no xoqui | no xoquem | no xoqueu | no xoquin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “xocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007