touch on: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Globalneutralformal
    • To mention or deal with a subject briefly or in passing without full development.

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    • During the lecture, Professor Lee briefly touched on the topic of climate change before moving on.

      During the lecture, Professor Lee mentioned the topic of climate change briefly before moving on.

    • In her speech, Maria only touched on the budget issues, saving the detailed discussion for the meeting.

      In her speech, Maria only mentioned the budget issues briefly, saving the detailed discussion for the meeting.

    • The article touches on several important themes, but none are explored in depth.

      The article mentions several important themes briefly, but none are explored in depth.

  • 2.

    Globalneutralformal
    • To make light or slight physical contact with something or someone.

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    • Please don’t touch on the wet paint until it’s completely dry.

      Please don’t make contact with the wet paint until it’s completely dry.

    • He accidentally touched on the hot stove and quickly pulled his hand away.

      He accidentally made contact with the hot stove and quickly pulled his hand away.

    • The cat touched on my leg as it brushed past me in the hallway.

      The cat made slight contact with my leg as it brushed past me in the hallway.

    • Could you please not touch on my laptop without asking me first?

      Could you please not make physical contact with my laptop without asking me first?

  • 3.

    Globalneutralformal
    • To be relevant to, to concern, or to touch upon particular points or aspects; to affect or relate to an issue.

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    • The new policies touch on concerns about employee safety and welfare.

      The new policies relate to concerns about employee safety and welfare.

    • Her remarks touched on the broader issue of social inequality in the city.

      Her remarks concerned the broader issue of social inequality in the city.

    • Does this contract touch on the rights of freelance workers as well?

      Does this contract concern the rights of freelance workers as well?

Examples:

  • EN: Don't use your surgical touch on me.
    ES: No haga de médico conmigo.
  • EN: She put the golden touch on men, the golden give me pie.
    ES: Se hacía de oro con los hombres. Sabía cómo convencerles.
  • EN: I'd fallen asleep... and suddenly I was awakened by a caressing touch on my forehead.
    ES: Me quedé dormido. De repente me despertó una suave caricia en la frente.
  • EN: Wouldn't that be a touch on the nasty side?
    ES: ¿No sería un golpe bajo?
  • EN: The slightest touch on this vine, and that mahogany log will come crashing down, and kill any living thing beneath it.
    ES: Un ligero golpe aquí... y ese tronco caerá y matará al que se encuentre debajo.
  • EN: Put the finishing ´ touch on that sweet gal´s chassis,
    ES: Le puso el toque más fino al chasis de esa dulce niña.
  • EN: As town clerk here, I am able to keep a close touch on the pulse of local opinion.
    ES: Como secretario del ayuntamiento, puedo aportar una buena representación de la opinión pública.
  • EN: I don't want to touch on that, Barney!
    ES: ¿Dónde va? Dos testigos valen más que uno.
  • EN: It touch on the panel reading.
    ES: Muestra el panel.
  • EN: Why don't you put the touch on some of your relatives?
    ES: ¿Por qué no acudimos a uno de tus parientes?
  • EN: Occasionally, in our series, we touch on a subject that is far too real to be made the butt of my usual flippant remarks.
    ES: A veces tocamos temas demasiado serios... como para hacer bromas... en mis habituales comentarios del final.
  • EN: I'd like to touch on some things that we didn't even mention yesterday.
    ES: Desearía tocar algunos puntos que ni si quiera mencionamos ayer.
  • EN: If you touch on that subject, I will leave immediately...
    ES: Y si haces la más mínima alusión, me marcharé de inmediato.
  • EN: They may be distorted and yet touch on very sensitive points.
    ES: Pueden ser distorsionadas y, aún así, tocar puntos muy delicados.
  • EN: And if I seem to touch on matters that are how shall I say it, too intimate, you must forgive me it is because of my duty.
    ES: Y si parece que hablo de asuntos cómo decirlo, demasiado íntimos, debe perdonarme es por mi deber.
  • EN: Don't use your surgical touch on me.
    ES: No haga de médico conmigo.
  • EN: She put the golden touch on men, the golden give me pie.
    ES: Se hacía de oro con los hombres. Sabía cómo convencerles.
  • EN: I'd fallen asleep... and suddenly I was awakened by a caressing touch on my forehead.
    ES: Me quedé dormido. De repente me despertó una suave caricia en la frente.
  • EN: Wouldn't that be a touch on the nasty side?
    ES: ¿No sería un golpe bajo?
  • EN: The slightest touch on this vine, and that mahogany log will come crashing down, and kill any living thing beneath it.
    ES: Un ligero golpe aquí... y ese tronco caerá y matará al que se encuentre debajo.
  • EN: And if I seem to touch on matters that are how shall I say it, too intimate, you must forgive me it is because of my duty.
    ES: Y si parece que hablo de asuntos cómo decirlo, demasiado íntimos, debe perdonarme es por mi deber.

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