Ella Verbstocarse to touch (oneself) Irregular Verb Top 100
At a glance: Tocarse (to touch (oneself)) is one of the most common reflexive irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: me toco, te tocas, se toca, nos tocamos, os tocáis, se tocan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (toqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me toque).

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The Indicative Present of tocarse is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “me toco”, meaning “I touch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me toco | I touch |
| Tú | te tocas | you touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se toca | s/he touches |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocamos | we touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocáis | you (plural) touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocan | they touch |
How it’s built: Regular: stem toc- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Preterite of tocarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me toqué”, meaning “I touched”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me toqué | I touched |
| Tú | te tocaste | you touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocó | s/he touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocamos | we touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocasteis | you (plural) touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocaron | they touched |
How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (toqué); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of tocarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me tocaba”, meaning “I used to touch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me tocaba | I used to touch |
| Tú | te tocabas | you used to touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocaba | s/he used to touch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocábamos | we used to touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocabais | you (plural) used to touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocaban | they used to touch |
How it’s built: Regular: stem toc- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Continuous of tocarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy tocando”, meaning “I am touching”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy tocando | I am touching |
| Tú | te estás tocando | you are touching |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se está tocando | s/he is touching |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos tocando | we are touching |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis tocando | you (plural) are touching |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están tocando | they are touching |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund tocando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Informal Future of tocarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a tocar”, meaning “I am going to touch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a tocar | I am going to touch |
| Tú | te vas a tocar | you are going to touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se va a tocar | s/he is going to touch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a tocar | we are going to touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a tocar | you (plural) are going to touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a tocar | they are going to touch |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive tocar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future of tocarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me tocaré”, meaning “I will touch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me tocaré | I will touch |
| Tú | te tocarás | you will touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocará | s/he will touch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocaremos | we will touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocaréis | you (plural) will touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocarán | they will touch |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive tocar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional of tocarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me tocaría”, meaning “I would touch”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me tocaría | I would touch |
| Tú | te tocarías | you would touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocaría | s/he would touch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocaríamos | we would touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocaríais | you (plural) would touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocarían | they would touch |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive tocar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Perfect of tocarse is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “me he tocado”, meaning “I have touched”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he tocado | I have touched |
| Tú | te has tocado | you have touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se ha tocado | s/he has touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos tocado | we have touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis tocado | you (plural) have touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han tocado | they have touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Past Perfect of tocarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había tocado”, meaning “I had touched”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había tocado | I had touched |
| Tú | te habías tocado | you had touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se había tocado | s/he had touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos tocado | we had touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais tocado | you (plural) had touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían tocado | they had touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future Perfect of tocarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré tocado”, meaning “I will have touched”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré tocado | I will have touched |
| Tú | te habrás tocado | you will have touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá tocado | s/he will have touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos tocado | we will have touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis tocado | you (plural) will have touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán tocado | they will have touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of tocarse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría tocado”, meaning “I would have touched”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría tocado | I would have touched |
| Tú | te habrías tocado | you would have touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habría tocado | s/he would have touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos tocado | we would have touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais tocado | you (plural) would have touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían tocado | they would have touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “me toque”, meaning “I touch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me toque | I touch |
| Tú | te toques | you touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se toque | s/he touches |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos toquemos | we touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os toquéis | you (plural) touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se toquen | they touch |
How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (toque, toques, toque, toquemos, toquéis, toquen). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “me tocara”, meaning “I touched”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me tocara | I touched |
| Tú | te tocaras | you touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocara | s/he touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocáramos | we touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocarais | you (plural) touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocaran | they touched |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, tocaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (tocáramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “me tocare”, meaning “I will touch”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me tocare | I will touch |
| Tú | te tocares | you will touch |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se tocare | s/he will touch |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos tocáremos | we will touch |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os tocareis | you (plural) will touch |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se tocaren | they will touch |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, tocaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (tocáremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “me haya tocado”, meaning “I have touched”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me haya tocado | I have touched |
| Tú | te hayas tocado | you have touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se haya tocado | s/he has touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos tocado | we have touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis tocado | you (plural) have touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan tocado | they have touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “me hubiera tocado”, meaning “I had touched”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiera tocado | I had touched |
| Tú | te hubieras tocado | you had touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera tocado | s/he had touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos tocado | we had touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais tocado | you (plural) had touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran tocado | they had touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “me hubiere tocado”, meaning “I will have touched”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere tocado | I will have touched |
| Tú | te hubieres tocado | you will have touched |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere tocado | s/he will have touched |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos tocado | we will have touched |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis tocado | you (plural) will have touched |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren tocado | they will have touched |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle tocado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “tóquese”, meaning “(to you formal) touch!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | tócate | (to you) touch! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | tóquese | (to you formal) touch! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | toquémonos | let's touch! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | tocaos | (to you plural) touch! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | tóquense | (to you plural formal) touch! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (tócate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (tóquese, tóquense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (toquémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (tocaos).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no se toque”, meaning “(to you formal) don't touch!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no te toques | (to you) don't touch! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no se toque | (to you formal) don't touch! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos toquemos | let's not touch! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no os toquéis | (to you plural) don't touch! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se toquen | (to you plural formal) don't touch! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te toques, no se toque, no nos toquemos, no os toquéis, no se toquen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Tocarse is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (toqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me toque).
In the present tense (presente), tocarse is conjugated as: yo me toco, tú te tocas, él/ella/usted se toca, nosotros nos tocamos, vosotros os tocáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se tocan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), tocarse is conjugated as: yo me toqué, tú te tocaste, él/ella/usted se tocó, nosotros nos tocamos, vosotros os tocasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se tocaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), tocarse is conjugated as: yo me tocaba, tú te tocabas, él/ella/usted se tocaba, nosotros nos tocábamos, vosotros os tocabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se tocaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), tocarse is conjugated as: yo me tocaré, tú te tocarás, él/ella/usted se tocará, nosotros nos tocaremos, vosotros os tocaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se tocarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), tocarse is conjugated as: yo me toque, tú te toques, él/ella/usted se toque, nosotros nos toquemos, vosotros os toquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se toquen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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