palpar

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: pal‧par

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palpar (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	palpar
Personal	palpar	palpares	palpar	palparmos	palpardes	palparem
Gerund
	palpando
Past participle
Masculine	palpado			palpados
Feminine	palpada			palpadas
Indicative
Present	palpo	palpas	palpa	palpamos	palpais	palpam
Imperfect	palpava	palpavas	palpava	palpávamos	palpáveis	palpavam
Preterite	palpei	palpaste	palpou	palpamos1, palpámos2	palpastes	palparam
Pluperfect	palpara	palparas	palpara	palpáramos	palpáreis	palparam
Future	palparei	palparás	palpará	palparemos	palpareis	palparão
Conditional	palparia	palparias	palparia	palparíamos	palparíeis	palpariam
Subjunctive
Present	palpe	palpes	palpe	palpemos	palpeis	palpem
Imperfect	palpasse	palpasses	palpasse	palpássemos	palpásseis	palpassem
Future	palpar	palpares	palpar	palparmos	palpardes	palparem
Imperative
Affirmative		palpa	palpe	palpemos	palpai	palpem
Negative (não)		não palpes	não palpe	não palpemos	não palpeis	não palpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• palpável

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palˈpaɾ/ [palˈpaɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pal‧par

Verb

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^[1]:

     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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			palpar
gerund			palpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		palpado		palpada
		plural		palpados		palpadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palpo	palpastú palpásvos	palpa	palpamos	palpáis	palpan
	imperfect	palpaba	palpabas	palpaba	palpábamos	palpabais	palpaban
	preterite	palpé	palpaste	palpó	palpamos	palpasteis	palparon
	future	palparé	palparás	palpará	palparemos	palparéis	palparán
	conditional	palparía	palparías	palparía	palparíamos	palparíais	palparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palpe	palpestú palpésvos2	palpe	palpemos	palpéis	palpen
	imperfect (ra)	palpara	palparas	palpara	palpáramos	palparais	palparan
	imperfect (se)	palpase	palpases	palpase	palpásemos	palpaseis	palpasen
	future1	palpare	palpares	palpare	palpáremos	palpareis	palparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		palpatú palpávos	palpe	palpemos	palpad	palpen
	negative		no palpes	no palpe	no palpemos	no palpéis	no palpen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of palpar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive palpar	dative	palparme	palparte	palparle, palparse	palparnos	palparos	palparles, palparse
	accusative	palparme	palparte	palparlo, palparla, palparse	palparnos	palparos	palparlos, palparlas, palparse
with gerund palpando	dative	palpándome	palpándote	palpándole, palpándose	palpándonos	palpándoos	palpándoles, palpándose
	accusative	palpándome	palpándote	palpándolo, palpándola, palpándose	palpándonos	palpándoos	palpándolos, palpándolas, palpándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative palpa	dative	pálpame	pálpate	pálpale	pálpanos	not used	pálpales
	accusative	pálpame	pálpate	pálpalo, pálpala	pálpanos	not used	pálpalos, pálpalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative palpá	dative	palpame	palpate	palpale	palpanos	not used	palpales
	accusative	palpame	palpate	palpalo, palpala	palpanos	not used	palpalos, palpalas
with formal second-person singular imperative palpe	dative	pálpeme	not used	pálpele, pálpese	pálpenos	not used	pálpeles
	accusative	pálpeme	not used	pálpelo, pálpela, pálpese	pálpenos	not used	pálpelos, pálpelas
with first-person plural imperative palpemos	dative	not used	palpémoste	palpémosle	palpémonos	palpémoos	palpémosles
	accusative	not used	palpémoste	palpémoslo, palpémosla	palpémonos	palpémoos	palpémoslos, palpémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative palpad	dative	palpadme	not used	palpadle	palpadnos	palpaos	palpadles
	accusative	palpadme	not used	palpadlo, palpadla	palpadnos	palpaos	palpadlos, palpadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative palpen	dative	pálpenme	not used	pálpenle	pálpennos	not used	pálpenles, pálpense
	accusative	pálpenme	not used	pálpenlo, pálpenla	pálpennos	not used	pálpenlos, pálpenlas, pálpense

Related terms

• palpable
• palpación

 

Further reading

• “palpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10