chocar
intransitive verb
1 (colisionar) [+coches, trenes] to collide; crash; [+barcos] to collide
los dos coches chocaron de frente the two cars crashed head on o were in a head-on collision
chocar con o contra [+vehículo] to collide with; crash into; [+objeto] to bang into; [+persona] to bump into
para no chocar contra el avión to avoid crashing into o colliding with the plane
el buque chocó con una mina the ship struck a mine; el balón chocó contra el poste the ball hit the post; chocaban unos contra otros por los pasillos people bumped into each other in the corridors
2 (enfrentarse) [+opiniones, personalidades] to clash
chocar con [+ideas, intereses] to run counter to; be at odds with; [+obstáculos, dificultades] to come up against; run into; [+personas] to clash with
esa propuesta choca con los intereses de EEUU that proposal runs counter to o is at odds with American interests
no choca con ninguna idea religiosa it does not clash with any religion; esa sería una de las mayores dificultades con las que chocarían en este proyecto that would be one of the biggest problems they would come up against in this project; por su carácter chocaba a menudo con sus compañeros de trabajo he often clashed with his colleagues because of his confrontational nature
transitive verb
1 (sorprender) to shock
¿no te choca la situación actual? don't you find the current situation shocking?; me chocó muchísimo lo que dijo I was really shocked by what he said; what he said really shocked me
me choca que no lo hayan hecho I am surprised that they haven't done it; no me choca que haya dimitido I'm not surprised that he's resigned