toucha

English

Alternative forms

• toucher

Etymology

From Standard English touch, as in touching someone for money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌt͡ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌtʃə

Noun

toucha (plural touchas)

1. (Geordie, derogatory) A person who seeks to derive benefits from others without providing reciprocal value.

   Yer a toucha, yee just somthin for nothin aall the time!

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ʃa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

toucha

1. third-person singular past historic of toucher

   Elle me toucha la main, la baisa, et je tombai amoureux d'elle.

   She touched my hand, kissed it, and I fell in love with her.

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of touche (“touch”, noun) +‎ -a (“noun→verb suffix”). Ultimately borrowed from French touche. First attested in 1895.

Verb

toucha (present touchar, preterite touchade, supine touchat, imperative toucha)

1. to graze (touch lightly on passing)

   Synonym: snudda

   • 1901 September 23, “Pansarbåten Oden på grund [Ironclad Odin Aground]”, in Svenska Morgonbladet, page 4:

     Under pågående eskaderöfningar råkade natten mellan sistlidne torsdag och fredag pansarbåten Oden »toucha» ett grund i en hemlig militärled strax väster om Skarp-Runmarö.

     During squadron manoeuvres, on the night between Thursday and Friday last, the ironclad Odin grazed a shoal in a secret naval channel just west of Skarp-Runmarö.

   • 2024 September 30, Stina Ahlinder, Patric Sellén, “Krock mellan persontåg och bil norr om Timrå – inga personskador [Collision between passenger train and car north of Timrå – no injuries]”, in SVT Nyheter‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 September 2024:

     Det verkar som om tåget bara touchat i bilens fram- eller bakdel, säger SOS larmoperatör […]

     It seems as though the train only grazed the front or rear of the car, says SOS alarm operator […] .

Conjugation

Conjugation of toucha (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	toucha		touchas
supine	touchat		touchats
imperative	toucha		—
imper. plural1	touchen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	touchar	touchade	touchas	touchades
ind. plural1	toucha	touchade	touchas	touchades
subjunctive2	touche	touchade	touches	touchades
present participle		touchande
past participle		touchad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “toucha”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “toucha”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)