Tocar conjugation chart
Tocar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I touch | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you touch | |
| vos | you touch | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she touches | |
| nosotros | we touch | |
| vosotros | you all touch | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they touch |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I touched | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you touched | |
| vos | you touched | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she touched | |
| nosotros | we touched | |
| vosotros | you all touched | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they touched |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to touch | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to touch | |
| vos | you used to touch | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to touch | |
| nosotros | we used to touch | |
| vosotros | you all used to touch | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to touch |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will touch | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will touch | |
| vos | you will touch | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will touch | |
| nosotros | we will touch | |
| vosotros | you all will touch | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will touch |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would touch | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would touch | |
| vos | you would touch | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would touch | |
| nosotros | we would touch | |
| vosotros | you all would touch | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would touch |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I touch | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you touch | |
| vos | that you touch | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she touch | |
| nosotros | that we touch | |
| vosotros | that you all touch | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they touch |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tocar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I touched | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you touched | |
| vos | if you touched | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she touched | |
| nosotros | if we touched | |
| vosotros | if you all touched | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they touched |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (tocase), more common in writing.
Tocar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | touch! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | touch! | |
| usted | touch! | |
| nosotros | let's touch! | |
| vosotros | touch! | |
| ustedes | touch! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: toca. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (toque, toquemos, toquen).
Tocar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't touch! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't touch! | |
| usted | don't touch! | |
| nosotros | let's not touch! | |
| vosotros | don't touch! | |
| ustedes | don't touch! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + toques, toque…
Always the verb haber + the past participle tocado, which never changes.
Tocar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he tocado |
|---|---|
| tú | has tocado |
| vos | has tocado |
| él, ella, usted | ha tocado |
| nosotros | hemos tocado |
| vosotros | habéis tocado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han tocado |
Tocar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había tocado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías tocado |
| vos | habías tocado |
| él, ella, usted | había tocado |
| nosotros | habíamos tocado |
| vosotros | habíais tocado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían tocado |
Tocar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré tocado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás tocado |
| vos | habrás tocado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá tocado |
| nosotros | habremos tocado |
| vosotros | habréis tocado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán tocado |
Tocar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría tocado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías tocado |
| vos | habrías tocado |
| él, ella, usted | habría tocado |
| nosotros | habríamos tocado |
| vosotros | habríais tocado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían tocado |
Tocar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya tocado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas tocado |
| vos | hayas tocado |
| él, ella, usted | haya tocado |
| nosotros | hayamos tocado |
| vosotros | hayáis tocado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan tocado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Me toca means “it's my turn”: ¿a quién le toca? is “whose turn is it?” In Latin America, knocking on a door is also tocar: tocan la puerta (someone's knocking); in Spain they say llaman a la puerta.
Examples with tocar
Mi hermano toca la guitarra.
My brother plays the guitar.
Ahora te toca a vos.
Now it's your turn.
Alguien tocó la puerta.
Someone knocked on the door.
Practice tocar
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