palpar

Borrowed from Latin palpāre. Compare poupar, an inherited doublet.

• Hyphenation: pal‧par

palpar (first-person singular present palpo, first-person singular preterite palpei, past participle palpado)

1. to palpate (to examine or otherwise explore through touch)

• palpável

• “palpar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Latin palpāre (“to touch softly”).

• IPA^(key): /palˈpaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pal‧par

palpar (first-person singular present palpo, first-person singular preterite palpé, past participle palpado)

1. (physical) to feel, to touch
2. (emotional) to feel

   Synonym: sentir

   todo eso se palpaba en la sala

   all this could be felt in the room

   • 2019 July 7, Nando Cruz, “Perreando contra Blackstone”, in El Periódico‎:

     Así, el público palpa la situación y ejerce de escudo humano ante un posible desalojo.

     Thus, the public feels the situation and acts as a human shield against a possible eviction.

• “palpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16