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SPANISH VERB

tocar

to win, to fall to someone as a prize

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: tocando
  • Past participle: tocado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I win
  2. tú you win
  3. usted, él, ella he/she wins
  4. nosotros we win
  5. vosotros Spain you all win
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they win

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I won
  2. tú you won
  3. usted, él, ella he/she won
  4. nosotros we won
  5. vosotros Spain you all won
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they won

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to win
  2. tú you used to win
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to win
  4. nosotros we used to win
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to win
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to win

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will win
  2. tú you will win
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will win
  4. nosotros we will win
  5. vosotros Spain you all will win
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will win

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would win
  2. tú you would win
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would win
  4. nosotros we would win
  5. vosotros Spain you all would win
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would win

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I win
  2. tú (that) you win
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she win
  4. nosotros (that) we win
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all win
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they win

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I won
  2. tú (if) you won
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she won
  4. nosotros (if) we won
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all won
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they won

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú win!
  2. usted win! (formal)
  3. nosotros win! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain win! (all of you)
  5. ustedes win! (all of you)

How to use tocar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    A mi vecino le toca la lotería casi todos los años.

    My neighbour wins the lottery almost every year.

  2. Past

    ¡Nos tocó un viaje a Canarias en el sorteo!

    We won a trip to the Canaries in the draw!

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo decía que algún día le tocaba el Gordo.

    My grandfather said the big Christmas prize would be his one day.

  4. Future

    Algún día me tocará el premio, ya verás.

    One day I'll win the prize, you'll see.

  5. Conditional

    Con mi suerte, a mí no me tocaría ni un bolígrafo.

    With my luck, I wouldn't even win a pen.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ojalá nos toque algo en la lotería de Navidad.

    I hope we win something in the Christmas lottery.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si me tocara el Gordo, dejaría de trabajar mañana mismo.

    If I won the big prize, I'd stop working tomorrow.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Tócame ya, lotería, que llevo veinte años esperando!

    Come on, lottery, let me win, I've been waiting twenty years!

Good to know

  • "Tocar" works like "gustar": me ha tocado la lotería, I won the lottery; "me toca" also means "it's my turn".

Where you hear tocar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Si nos toca un premio, lo repartimos. If we win a prize, we share it.
  • El año pasado no me tocó nada. Last year I didn't win anything.
  • En el próximo sorteo puede que nos toque algo. In the next draw we might win something.
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If We Won

Advanced Level 1 · si nos tocara · nos ha tocado

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.