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chucar (Somiedu, Miranda, Cuarto de los Valles)
IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cho‧car

chocar (first-person singular indicative present choco, past participle chocáu)

to crash, collide
to dispute, fight, not get along
Ésos choquen siempre
Those are always fighting
to surprise, be surprising, to find something strange
Choca que nun digan nada
It's surprising that they say nothing
to high five

Conjugation of chocar

infinitive	chocar
gerund	chocando
past participle	m chocáu, f chocada, n chocao, m pl chocaos, f pl chocaes
person	first singularyo	second singulartu	third singularél/elli	first pluralnosotros/nós	second pluralvosotros/vós	third pluralellos
indicative	present	choco	choces	choca	chocamos	chocáis	chocen
imperfect	chocaba	chocabes	chocaba	chocábemos, chocábamos	chocabeis, chocabais	chocaben
preterite	chocé	chocasti, chocesti	chocó	chocemos	chocastis, chocestis	chocaron
pluperfect	chocare, chocara	chocares, chocaras	chocare, chocara	chocáremos, chocáramos	chocareis, chocarais	chocaren, chocaran
future	chocaré	chocarás	chocará	chocaremos	chocaréis	chocarán
conditional	chocaría	chocaríes	chocaría	chocaríemos, chocaríamos	chocaríeis, chocaríais	chocaríen
subjunctive	present	choce	choces, chocas	choce	chocemos	chocéis	chocen, chocan
imperfect	chocare, chocara	chocares, chocaras	chocare, chocara	chocáremos, chocáramos	chocareis, chocarais	chocaren, chocaran
imperative	—	choca	—	—	chocái	—

Onomatopoeic, from *clocca, voice of a brood hen.[1]

IPA(key): [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)

to brood
to incubate (a sickness)

Conjugation of chocar (c-qu alternation)

| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | chocar | | | | | | | Personal | chocar | chocares | chocar | chocarmos | chocardes | chocarem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | chocando | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | chocado | chocados | | | | | | Feminine | chocada | chocadas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | choco | chocas | choca | chocamos | chocades, chocais | chocam | | Imperfect | chocava | chocavas | chocava | chocávamos | chocávades, chocáveis, _chocávais_1 | chocavam | | Preterite | choquei | chocaste, _chocache_1 | chocou | chocamos | chocastes | chocárom, chocaram | | Pluperfect | chocara | chocaras | chocara | chocáramos | chocárades, chocáreis, _chocárais_1 | chocaram | | Future | chocarei | chocarás | chocará | chocaremos | chocaredes, chocareis | chocarám, chocarão | | Conditional | chocaria | chocarias | chocaria | chocaríamos | chocaríades, chocaríeis, chocaríais1 | chocariam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | choque | choques | choque | choquemos | choquedes, choqueis | choquem | | Imperfect | chocasse | chocasses | chocasse | chocássemos | chocássedes, chocásseis | chocassem | | Future | chocar | chocares | chocar | chocarmos | chocardes | chocarem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | choca | choque | choquemos | chocade, chocai | choquem | | Negative (nom) | nom choques | nom choque | nom choquemos | nom choquedes, nom choqueis | nom choquem | |

From choque (“crash”) +‎ -ar.

IPA(key): [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)

to crash

Conjugation of chocar (c-qu alternation)

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “chocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chocar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“chocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chocar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“chocar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chocar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “clueca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(h)]
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃoˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃoˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃoˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʃoˈka(ɻ)/
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃuˈkaɾ/
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃuˈkaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃuˈka.ɾi/

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloccāre, from Latin glocīre, glociāre (“to cluck”).

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)

(transitive) to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
(of an egg, intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
(of a creature, intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
(figurative, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
(slang, intransitive) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
(informal, of a drink, intransitive) to become foul due to heat

From choque +‎ -ar.

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choquei, past participle chocado)

(pronominal) to collide (to hit one another violently)
As aeronaves se chocaram logo depois de decolarem.
The aircraft collided soon after they took off.
(usually pronominal) to collide with; to crash against (to hit violently) [_with_ em or contra or com ‘something’]
Só um esquiador na história conseguiu descer esta ladeira sem se chocar em nenhuma árvore.
Only one skier in history was able to go down this hill without hitting any tree.
(transitive) to shock (to evoke a very negative emotional response)
Os vídeos de decapitação do Estado Islâmico chocaram o mundo.
The Islamic State’s decapitation videos shocked the world.
(pronominal) to clash (to not work well together) [with_ com ‘with someone/something’]
_Os imigrantes serão bem aceitos porque seus valores não se chocam com os nossos.
The immigrants will be accepted because their values do not clash with ours.

(to collide with one another): bater
(to collide with): bater em/contra, atingir
(to clash with): conflitar com
“chocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“chocar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“chocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“chocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Onomatopoeic, or from French choquer. Compare English shock.

IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaɾ/ [t͡ʃoˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cho‧car

chocar (first-person singular present choco, first-person singular preterite choqué, past participle chocado)

(ambitransitive) to crash
Synonym: estrellar
(intransitive) to bump (into), to collide (with) [_with_ con ‘something’]
(intransitive) to shock, scandalize
(intransitive) to crash into, to hit, to slam into, to collide with [_with_ con ‘something’]
(intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to upset

Chocar is a false friend, and does not mean "to choke". The word for "to choke", in the sense of "to choke someone", in Spanish is ahorcar, asfixiar or estrangular.

Selected combined forms of chocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

| | singular | plural | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | | | | with infinitive chocar | dative | chocarme | chocarte | chocarle, chocarse | chocarnos | chocaros | chocarles, chocarse | | accusative | chocarme | chocarte | chocarlo, chocarla, chocarse | chocarnos | chocaros | chocarlos, chocarlas, chocarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund chocando | dative | chocándome | chocándote | chocándole, chocándose | chocándonos | chocándoos | chocándoles, chocándose | | accusative | chocándome | chocándote | chocándolo, chocándola, chocándose | chocándonos | chocándoos | chocándolos, chocándolas, chocándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative choca | dative | chócame | chócate | chócale | chócanos | not used | chócales | | accusative | chócame | chócate | chócalo, chócala | chócanos | not used | chócalos, chócalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative chocá | dative | chocame | chocate | chocale | chocanos | not used | chocales | | accusative | chocame | chocate | chocalo, chocala | chocanos | not used | chocalos, chocalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative choque | dative | chóqueme | not used | chóquele, chóquese | chóquenos | not used | chóqueles | | accusative | chóqueme | not used | chóquelo, chóquela, chóquese | chóquenos | not used | chóquelos, chóquelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative choquemos | dative | not used | choquémoste | choquémosle | choquémonos | choquémoos | choquémosles | | accusative | not used | choquémoste | choquémoslo, choquémosla | choquémonos | choquémoos | choquémoslos, choquémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative chocad | dative | chocadme | not used | chocadle | chocadnos | chocaos | chocadles | | accusative | chocadme | not used | chocadlo, chocadla | chocadnos | chocaos | chocadlos, chocadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative choquen | dative | chóquenme | not used | chóquenle | chóquennos | not used | chóquenles, chóquense | | accusative | chóquenme | not used | chóquenlo, chóquenla | chóquennos | not used | chóquenlos, chóquenlas, chóquense | |

chocar los cinco
choca
chocante
chocarla
choco
choque
“chocar”, 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

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