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tocaran

touched, handled, played, rang, went off

→ tocar
toc to touch + aran third-person plural imperfect subjunctive
verb · plural formal Rare #51,465
touched, handled Here, tocaran is a past subjunctive form of tocar. With a person as the object, tocar means “touch.”
SP: Les pedí que no tocaran mis cosas.
EN: I asked them not to touch my things.
played Used for playing a musical instrument or piece of music.
SP: Quería que tocaran mi canción favorita.
EN: I wanted them to play my favorite song.
rang, went off Used for an alarm or bell.
SP: Esperaba que no tocaran la alarma.
EN: I hoped the alarm wouldn't go off.
Conjugation of tocar
Subjunctive
toquestocaran

Les dije que no tocaran la alarma.

I told them not to touch the alarm.

— Perros de Reserva (1992)

Ojalá tocaran esta canción una y otra vez.

I wish they would play this song over and over again.

¡Les ordené que no tocaran a Santiago!

I ordered them not to touch Santiago!

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)

Has pedido tú que lo tocaran.

You asked them to play it.

— Summertime (1955)