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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from palpitare (“to throb, pound”) + -o.
Noun
palpito m (plural palpiti)
- beat (of the heart)
- throb
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
palpito
- first-person singular present indicative of palpitare
Further reading
- palpito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Frequentative of palpō (“touch softly, stroke, pat”).
Pronunciation
Verb
palpitō (present infinitive palpitāre, perfect active palpitāvī, supine palpitātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to move frequently and quickly, tremble, throb, pulsate, palpitate
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “palpito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palpito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palpito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
palpito
- first-person singular present indicative of palpitar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palˈpito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: pal‧pi‧to
Verb
palpito
- first-person singular present indicative of palpitar