toar

See also: töar and tøar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 17th century. From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈaɾ/

Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

1. to resound

   Synonyms: resoar, soar

   • 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:

     Pero tamen me dijeron
     Si o nacer do sol toaba
     Cas moitas luces do dia
     Todo o raudal istiñaban.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to thunder

   Synonym: tronar

3. (figurative) to give signs of life
   • 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón, page 46:

     ¡Señor! ... ¡Señor! ... ¡Non toa! ... ¡Finou se! ... !Morreo!

     Milord!...Milord!...He doesn't give sings of life! ... He has passed away!... He has died!

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	toar
Personal	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toaren
Gerund
	toando
Past participle
Masculine	toado			toados
Feminine	toada			toadas
Indicative
Present	too	toas	toa	toamos	toades	toan
Imperfect	toaba	toabas	toaba	toabamos	toabades	toaban
Preterite	toei	toaches	toou	toamos	toastes	toaron
Pluperfect	toara	toaras	toara	toaramos	toarades	toaran
Future	toarei	toarás	toará	toaremos	toaredes	toarán
Conditional	toaría	toarías	toaría	toariamos	toariades	toarían
Subjunctive
Present	toe	toes	toe	toemos	toedes	toen
Imperfect	toase	toases	toase	toásemos	toásedes	toasen
Future	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toaren
Imperative
Affirmative		toa	toe	toemos	toade	toen
Negative (non)		non toes	non toe	non toemos	non toedes	non toen

    Conjugation of toar

	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	toar
Personal	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Gerund
	toando
Past participle
Masculine	toado			toados
Feminine	toada			toadas
Indicative
Present	too	toas	toa	toamos	toades, toais	toam
Imperfect	toava	toavas	toava	toávamos	toávades, toáveis, toávais1	toavam
Preterite	toei	toaste, toache1	toou	toamos	toastes	toárom, toaram
Pluperfect	toara	toaras	toara	toáramos	toárades, toáreis, toárais1	toaram
Future	toarei	toarás	toará	toaremos	toaredes, toareis	toarám, toarão
Conditional	toaria	toarias	toaria	toaríamos	toaríades, toaríeis, toaríais1	toariam
Subjunctive
Present	toe	toes	toe	toemos	toedes, toeis	toem
Imperfect	toasse	toasses	toasse	toássemos	toássedes, toásseis	toassem
Future	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Imperative
Affirmative		toa	toe	toemos	toade, toai	toem
Negative (nom)		nom toes	nom toe	nom toemos	nom toedes, nom toeis	nom toem

    Reintegrated conjugation of toar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• tronar
• trono

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “toar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From to (“two”) +‎ -ar (“-er”). Akin to English twoer.

Noun

toar m (definite singular toaren, indefinite plural toarar, definite plural toarane)

1. the number two
2. anyone or anything being designated the value or number of 2
   1. a specific route or line (in e.g. a public transport system), designated the number 2.
   2. an academic grade, specifically –
      1. (Norway, high school) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 6 is the best)
      2. (Norway, historical) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 1 is the best)
   3. (sports) any contestant carrying in a race the starting number of 2 in a race.
   4. the contestant either occupying second place at any given time, or achieving second place in the end.
      1. (by extension) a sidekick
   5. (card games, etc.) a playing card, chip or similar with the value of 2.
   6. (dice games) a roll of the die with the value of two, or the two-pipped side of the die.
3. (rowing, nautical) a two-rower racing shell in competitive rowing
4. (definite singular, euphemistic, vulgar) the anus, rectum

References

• “toar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “toer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• Tora, orat, orta, roat, rota, tora

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwa.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tonāre.

Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado) (intransitive)

1. to rumble
2. to resound, to resonate
3. to match, to accord, to harmonize [with com ‘with’]
4. (music) to harmonize, to concord
5. to make [with a] (an impression)
6. to please

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	toar
Personal	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Gerund
	toando
Past participle
Masculine	toado			toados
Feminine	toada			toadas
Indicative
Present	too, tôo1	toas	toa	toamos	toais	toam
Imperfect	toava	toavas	toava	toávamos	toáveis	toavam
Preterite	toei	toaste	toou	toamos2, toámos3	toastes	toaram
Pluperfect	toara	toaras	toara	toáramos	toáreis	toaram
Future	toarei	toarás	toará	toaremos	toareis	toarão
Conditional	toaria	toarias	toaria	toaríamos	toaríeis	toariam
Subjunctive
Present	toe	toes	toe	toemos	toeis	toem
Imperfect	toasse	toasses	toasse	toássemos	toásseis	toassem
Future	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Imperative
Affirmative		toa	toe	toemos	toai	toem
Negative (não)		não toes	não toe	não toemos	não toeis	não toem

    Conjugation of toar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Superseded.
²Brazilian Portuguese.
³European Portuguese.

References

• “toar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Etymology 2

From toa +‎ -ar.

Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

1. (transitive) to tow

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	toar
Personal	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Gerund
	toando
Past participle
Masculine	toado			toados
Feminine	toada			toadas
Indicative
Present	too, tôo1	toas	toa	toamos	toais	toam
Imperfect	toava	toavas	toava	toávamos	toáveis	toavam
Preterite	toei	toaste	toou	toamos2, toámos3	toastes	toaram
Pluperfect	toara	toaras	toara	toáramos	toáreis	toaram
Future	toarei	toarás	toará	toaremos	toareis	toarão
Conditional	toaria	toarias	toaria	toaríamos	toaríeis	toariam
Subjunctive
Present	toe	toes	toe	toemos	toeis	toem
Imperfect	toasse	toasses	toasse	toássemos	toásseis	toassem
Future	toar	toares	toar	toarmos	toardes	toarem
Imperative
Affirmative		toa	toe	toemos	toai	toem
Negative (não)		não toes	não toe	não toemos	não toeis	não toem

    Conjugation of toar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Superseded.
²Brazilian Portuguese.
³European Portuguese.

References

• “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈaɾ/ [t̪oˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ar

Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toé, past participle toado)

1. to tow

Conjugation

infinitive			toar
gerund			toando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		toado		toada
		plural		toados		toadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	too	toastú toásvos	toa	toamos	toáis	toan
	imperfect	toaba	toabas	toaba	toábamos	toabais	toaban
	preterite	toé	toaste	toó	toamos	toasteis	toaron
	future	toaré	toarás	toará	toaremos	toaréis	toarán
	conditional	toaría	toarías	toaría	toaríamos	toaríais	toarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	toe	toestú toésvos2	toe	toemos	toéis	toen
	imperfect (ra)	toara	toaras	toara	toáramos	toarais	toaran
	imperfect (se)	toase	toases	toase	toásemos	toaseis	toasen
	future1	toare	toares	toare	toáremos	toareis	toaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		toatú toávos	toe	toemos	toad	toen
	negative		no toes	no toe	no toemos	no toéis	no toen

    Conjugation of toar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive toar
	dative	toarme	toarte	toarle, toarse	toarnos	toaros	toarles, toarse
	accusative	toarme	toarte	toarlo, toarla, toarse	toarnos	toaros	toarlos, toarlas, toarse
with gerund toando
	dative	toándome	toándote	toándole, toándose	toándonos	toándoos	toándoles, toándose
	accusative	toándome	toándote	toándolo, toándola, toándose	toándonos	toándoos	toándolos, toándolas, toándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative toa
	dative	tóame	tóate	tóale	tóanos	not used	tóales
	accusative	tóame	tóate	tóalo, tóala	tóanos	not used	tóalos, tóalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative toá
	dative	toame	toate	toale	toanos	not used	toales
	accusative	toame	toate	toalo, toala	toanos	not used	toalos, toalas
with formal second-person singular imperative toe
	dative	tóeme	not used	tóele, tóese	tóenos	not used	tóeles
	accusative	tóeme	not used	tóelo, tóela, tóese	tóenos	not used	tóelos, tóelas
with first-person plural imperative toemos
	dative	not used	toémoste	toémosle	toémonos	toémoos	toémosles
	accusative	not used	toémoste	toémoslo, toémosla	toémonos	toémoos	toémoslos, toémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative toad
	dative	toadme	not used	toadle	toadnos	toaos	toadles
	accusative	toadme	not used	toadlo, toadla	toadnos	toaos	toadlos, toadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative toen
	dative	tóenme	not used	tóenle	tóennos	not used	tóenles, tóense
	accusative	tóenme	not used	tóenlo, tóenla	tóennos	not used	tóenlos, tóenlas, tóense

    Selected combined forms of toar

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

Further reading

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