tocante
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈkɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
- Hyphenation: to‧can‧te
Adjective
tocante m or f (plural tocantes)
- touching; moving
- Synonym: comovente
- uma canção tocante ― a moving song
- concerning
- no tocante a este assunto ― as far as this issue is concerned
Derived terms
- no tocante a
Further reading
- “tocante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tocante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
tocante (invariable)
- Only used in a handful of connecting phrases
Related terms
Adjective
tocante m or f (masculine and feminine plural tocantes)
Further reading
- “tocante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025