tocante

Portuguese

Etymology

From tocar +‎ -ante.

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

Spanish

Adjective

tocante (invariable)

Only used in a handful of connecting phrases

Related terms

Adjective

tocante m or f (masculine and feminine plural tocantes)

touching

Further reading

“tocante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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