"El gato toca el queso."

Translation: The cat touches the cheese.

[erbarad]

Man, i visualized that cat. It's quite trippy

[PokingFun4Life]

sure hope the cat washed them paws before touching the cheese

[Camelor]

The cat touches the cheese... tenderly, cautiously, mysteriously, tantalizingly... the cat touches the cheese.

[Mama_Kh]

I was just wondering if the cat plays the cheese is correct. Isn't tocar to play?

[VincentRim1]

Tocar means to touch. Jugar means to play. When you talk about playing a musical instrument, however, you use tocar.

[3gors0und]

my guitar's name is cheese.

[actuatedgear]

Gouda know.

[david502]

I believe no, because play is "jugar" and touch is "tocar" I play with the cat = Yo juego con el gato , yo toco al gato= I touch the cat

[DarleneJoh10]

There are two meanings for the verb "tocar": 1) "To touch" 2) "to play an instrument" "Jugar" means "to play a sport or game" Hope this helps! : )

[jamaicarose2]

(Singing) The cat touches the cheese. The cat touches the cheese. Hi ho the dairio, the cat touches the cheese.

[surfdetective]

a lingot for your performance

[djrob323]

How many times must i repeat "gato! no tocas el queso!" is that correct?

[SusanHill0]

you made me laugh! a lingo for you! gracias!

[porgeror]

Well, THAT's a phrase I use everyday.

[NatalieSch8]

Well it has to touch the mouse

[John_Gee]

why is " the cat is touching the cheese" wrong?

[Grokford]

Sanitation laws

[ZekeM1]

So funny. A lingot for you!

But seriously, "touching" is a present participle, whereas "touch" is present case. "The cat is touching the cheese" would be "El gato está tocando el queso."

[Sandra.klasson]

Because that's another tempus, is touching and touch are not the same. Is touching means the cat is currently touching it but touch means that it touch it i general, it doesn't has to be right now.

[Tom-Russell]

so we can't touch the onion, but the cat just touches the cheese?

[AppelBougher]

Haha! Lol. And the horse can drink the beer?

[martinlus]

Because there is a mouse eating it?

[abyalewbayu]

Eat it!

[ChrisWhisker]

Is there any alternate meaning to "tocar" in this sentence, or does it really just mean that a cat is touching cheese?

[hellolittlefish]

Sometimes, I think it can mean play like an instrument ("toca el piano," for example). Or to tap or knock ("tocar a la puerta" means to knock on the door) but I don't think there's any other meaning here. The cat is literally touching cheese. With its little paws.

[vrt_1]

Given the context, can toca refer to "takes" instead of "touches"?

[Dranreb22]

No, tomar is to take, tocar is to touch (or to play [an instrument])

[Grokford]

Espero eso no comemos esto queso

[brotistgut]

No, the cat does not. The cat will be dead if it does so

[armim]

Can tocar also mean to play (like an instument) or am i mixing it up with something else?

[NoahMurry]

my cat touches more than cheese hehe

[TwentyOnePilots2]

If I was the cat, I would eat it. Seriously, WHY WOULD A CAT WANT TO TOUCH A PIECE OF CHEESE.

[surfdetective]

ella toca mi ropa,,, y yo me gusto

[Flockehund]

I'm pretty sure there was some sentence I just did where duolingo translated toca with "feel" as an additional translation (suggestion). I tried that now, it's wrong. Can anyone explain when/why/if tocar is translated to "feel"?

[Karai_Hamato]

my cat doesn't touch the cheese he devours the cheese!

[ASaraWithNoH]

Like the moment on that Olan Rogers cat video where Starscreams "Paws a kraft single"

[Sailorrrr]

This is my favourite part of my Duolingo adventure so far. I'm imagining a cat touching cheese.

[FluffyKittyPie]

harharhar
gahahahahahahaa
Hilarrious!!! The cat cuts the cheese! :p

[FluffyKittyPie]

once again... ;p

[vahid2015]

And said yuuuuakh

[deganilara]

Doesn't tocar also mean to feel? Can't it be "The cat feels the cheese?"

[DinoArtYou]

ummm..???

[ekoron]

"Toco"mean( touch and play)??

[Yepadica1]

This is getting interesting. 1st. I have drunk horses porque, mis caballos beben cervezas. I have a rat that drinks milk, cats touching cheese, my dog eating bread....

[Pressstart5]

Can you see that? Just a can going up to a cartoonish yellow piece of cheese and being like "meh" and walking away.

[puppluuv]

Why is the cat touching the cheese?

[merrydew]

Stop the clutter... :I Why is everyone here discussing how funny the sentence is and not the Spanish grammar...? It makes me sad.

[cyberubik77]

...In a sensitive spot

[sumadre1208]

that's awkward..........