choque

See also: choqué

English

Noun

choque (plural choques)

1. Obsolete form of shock.

Verb

choque (third-person singular simple present choques, present participle choquing, simple past and past participle choqued)

1. Obsolete form of shock.

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɔk/

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. (Louisiana) Alternative form of tchoque (“blackbird”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔk/

Verb

choque

1. inflection of choquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
• Hyphenation: cho‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French choc (“shock”).^[1][2][3][4]

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. collision, shock (sudden, heavy impact)

   Synonyms: batida, colisão, impacto

2. shock (something so surprising that it is stunning)
3. electric shock (sudden burst of electric energy through something or someone)

   Synonym: choque elétrico

4. (medicine) circulatory shock (inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements)

   Synonym: choque circulatório

5. (military) a collision of troops

Related terms

• chocado
• chocante
• chocar

Etymology 2

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

1. “choque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
2. “choque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
3. “choque”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
4. “choque”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoke/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: cho‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal of chocar.

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. collision

   Synonym: colisión

2. accident

   Synonyms: accidente, desgracia

Derived terms

• antichoque
• choque eléctrico
• coche de choque
• onda de choque
• parachoques
• prueba de choque

Verb

choque

1. inflection of chocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English shock.

Noun

choque m (plural choques)

1. shock (medical emergency)

Further reading

• “choque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10