apalpar

Galician

Alternative forms

• palpar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese palpar, borrowed from Latin palpāre (“to touch softly”). Cognate with Portuguese apalpar, Spanish palpar. Doublet of poupar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apalˈpaɾ/

Verb

apalpar (first-person singular present apalpo, first-person singular preterite apalpei, past participle apalpado)

1. (intransitive) to touch, to feel (transitive: to sense by touch)
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 280:

     Madre, sabes tu que Esau, meu yrmão he veloso et eu nõ, mays som lem, et se meu padre me apalpar et souber que sóóm eu, medo ey que coyde queo quis [excarnesçer], et em lugar de bendiçõ ey medo que me maldiga.

     Mother, you know that Esau, my brother, is hairy, but not me, I'm hairless; and if my father would touch me and find that it's me, I fear that he would think that I was mocking him, and instead of his blessing I would have his curse

   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 226:

     Et os angeos que yam na nuve en cõpana dos apostolos çegarõ todos aqueles judeus, et hũus cayam en terra, et d'eles dauã cõ suas cabeças por las paredes, et os outros andauã aapalpando quando as pedras, quando as paredes, por hu yam hir.

     And the angels who were in the cloud in company of the apostles blinded those Jews, and some of them fell to the ground, and of those some hit their heads against the walls, and the rest were feeling now the stones, now the walls, for knowing where to go

   Synonym: poupar

2. to grope (to search by feeling)

   Synonym: poupar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apalpar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apalpar
Personal	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparen
Gerund
	apalpando
Past participle
Masculine	apalpado			apalpados
Feminine	apalpada			apalpadas
Indicative
Present	apalpo	apalpas	apalpa	apalpamos	apalpades	apalpan
Imperfect	apalpaba	apalpabas	apalpaba	apalpabamos	apalpabades	apalpaban
Preterite	apalpei	apalpaches	apalpou	apalpamos	apalpastes	apalparon
Pluperfect	apalpara	apalparas	apalpara	apalparamos	apalparades	apalparan
Future	apalparei	apalparás	apalpará	apalparemos	apalparedes	apalparán
Conditional	apalparía	apalparías	apalparía	apalpariamos	apalpariades	apalparían
Subjunctive
Present	apalpe	apalpes	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpedes	apalpen
Imperfect	apalpase	apalpases	apalpase	apalpásemos	apalpásedes	apalpasen
Future	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparen
Imperative
Affirmative		apalpa	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpade	apalpen
Negative (non)		non apalpes	non apalpe	non apalpemos	non apalpedes	non apalpen

    Reintegrated conjugation of apalpar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apalpar
Personal	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparem
Gerund
	apalpando
Past participle
Masculine	apalpado			apalpados
Feminine	apalpada			apalpadas
Indicative
Present	apalpo	apalpas	apalpa	apalpamos	apalpades, apalpais	apalpam
Imperfect	apalpava	apalpavas	apalpava	apalpávamos	apalpávades, apalpáveis, apalpávais1	apalpavam
Preterite	apalpei	apalpaste, apalpache1	apalpou	apalpamos	apalpastes	apalpárom, apalparam
Pluperfect	apalpara	apalparas	apalpara	apalpáramos	apalpárades, apalpáreis, apalpárais1	apalparam
Future	apalparei	apalparás	apalpará	apalparemos	apalparedes, apalpareis	apalparám, apalparão
Conditional	apalparia	apalparias	apalparia	apalparíamos	apalparíades, apalparíeis, apalparíais1	apalpariam
Subjunctive
Present	apalpe	apalpes	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpedes, apalpeis	apalpem
Imperfect	apalpasse	apalpasses	apalpasse	apalpássemos	apalpássedes, apalpásseis	apalpassem
Future	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparem
Imperative
Affirmative		apalpa	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpade, apalpai	apalpem
Negative (nom)		nom apalpes	nom apalpe	nom apalpemos	nom apalpedes, nom apalpeis	nom apalpem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• Apalpador
• ás apalpadas

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apalpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “palp”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apalpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apalpar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “apalpar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apalpar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from Latin palpāre. Doublet of palpar and poupar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pawˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.paʊ̯ˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pawˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.paʊ̯ˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.pawˈpa(ɾ)/ [a.paʊ̯ˈpa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.pawˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.paʊ̯ˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pawˈpa(ɻ)/ [a.paʊ̯ˈpa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.palˈpaɾ/ [ɐ.paɫˈpaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.palˈpaɾ/ [ɐ.paɫˈpaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.palˈpa.ɾi/ [ɐ.paɫˈpa.ɾi]

Verb

apalpar (first-person singular present apalpo, first-person singular preterite apalpei, past participle apalpado)

1. (intransitive) feel (transitive: to sense by touch)

   Synonym: tocar

2. grope (to search by feeling)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apalpar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apalpar
Personal	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparem
Gerund
	apalpando
Past participle
Masculine	apalpado			apalpados
Feminine	apalpada			apalpadas
Indicative
Present	apalpo	apalpas	apalpa	apalpamos	apalpais	apalpam
Imperfect	apalpava	apalpavas	apalpava	apalpávamos	apalpáveis	apalpavam
Preterite	apalpei	apalpaste	apalpou	apalpamos1, apalpámos2	apalpastes	apalparam
Pluperfect	apalpara	apalparas	apalpara	apalpáramos	apalpáreis	apalparam
Future	apalparei	apalparás	apalpará	apalparemos	apalpareis	apalparão
Conditional	apalparia	apalparias	apalparia	apalparíamos	apalparíeis	apalpariam
Subjunctive
Present	apalpe	apalpes	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpeis	apalpem
Imperfect	apalpasse	apalpasses	apalpasse	apalpássemos	apalpásseis	apalpassem
Future	apalpar	apalpares	apalpar	apalparmos	apalpardes	apalparem
Imperative
Affirmative		apalpa	apalpe	apalpemos	apalpai	apalpem
Negative (não)		não apalpes	não apalpe	não apalpemos	não apalpeis	não apalpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.