chocando
/t͡ʃokando/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for "crashing" is chocando.
chocando is used to describe the continuous action of colliding violently with another object or vehicle.
How does it change in a sentence?
chocando is the gerund of the verb chocar and is used specifically to express an ongoing action of crashing. If you want to express that a crash has already happened and say "it crashed" in the past tense, you should use the preterite form chocó instead of the gerund.
How do you pronounce it?
/tʃokando/
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use chocando to say that a crash occurred in the past. Use the preterite form chocó instead.
Did you know?
- The word chocar can also mean 'to be annoying' or 'to rub someone the wrong way' in some Latin American countries, as in me choca.
- In some dialects, the word choque is used to describe a 'clash' of colors in fashion that do not match well together.
- While English uses 'crash' for falling asleep suddenly, Spanish uses quedarse dormido or desmayarse, as chocando never refers to sleep.
Examples in context
- El avión se estrelló contra la montaña.The plane crashed into the mountain.
- El automóvil se estrelló contra el muro.The car crashed into the wall.
- El tren chocó contra el camión.The train crashed into the truck.
- El barco chocó contra un iceberg.The ship crashed into an iceberg.
- El coche se estampó contra un árbol.The car crashed into a tree.
- El jugador se estampó contra el muro.The player crashed into the wall.
- El coche terminó chocando contra el muro.The car ended up crashing into the wall.
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are talking about a news report on the radio.
- Daniel¿Escuchaste la noticia de los autos chocando?Did you hear the news about the cars crashing?
- SofíaNo, ¿qué pasó en la autopista?No, what happened on the highway?
- DanielUn coche terminó chocando contra un poste.A car ended up crashing into a pole.
- SofíaQué suerte que el conductor está bien.It's lucky that the driver is okay.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
