tocha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔʃɐ
• Hyphenation: to‧cha

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tocha, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from Late Latin torqua, from Latin torques.

tocha

Noun

tocha f (plural tochas)

2. torch (stick with a flame on one end)

   Synonym: archote

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tocha

1. inflection of tochar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tocha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tocha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtot͡ʃa/ [ˈt̪o.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: to‧cha

Adjective

tocha

1. feminine singular of tocho