xocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French choquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ʃuˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʃoˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

xocar (first-person singular present xoco, first-person singular preterite xoquí, past participle xocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (transitive) to collide [with amb ‘with’], crash [with amb ‘into’]
  2. (transitive, figurative) to startle
    Synonym: sorprendre
  3. (transitive, figurative) to amuse, to cause to laugh

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