palmar

See also: Pálmar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palmaris. May be decomposed as palm +‎ -ar.

Adjective

palmar (comparative more palmar, superlative most palmar)

1. (anatomy, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
   • 1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     "A latent print on the palmar surface of our hands and the plantar surfaces of our foot is a scan that is entirely different from the scan on the rest of our bodies.

2. (anatomy and medicine) In the direction of the palm.
   • 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery‎^[2], →ISBN, page 14:

     The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.

3. (zoology) Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

Synonyms

• (in the direction of the palm): palmal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “toward the palmar surface”): dorsal

Hypernyms

• volar

Derived terms

• palmar fibromatosis

Translations

of or pertaining to the palm of the hand

• Bulgarian: дланов (dlanov)
• Catalan: palmar
• German: (technical) palmar (de), (technical) Palmar-, (technical) volar (de), handflächenseitig, hohlhandseitig, Hand-
• Portuguese: palmar (pt)
• Russian: ладо́нный (ru) (ladónnyj), пальма́рный (palʹmárnyj)
• Spanish: palmar (es)
• Volapük: namakevik

See also

• plantar
• ventral

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

palmar m

1. indefinite plural of palme

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈma(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈmaɾ/ [paɫˈmaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈmaɾ/ [paɫˈmaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈma.ɾi/ [paɫˈma.ɾi]

Etymology 1

From palma +‎ -ar.

Adjective

palmar m or f (plural palmares)

1. (relational) palm (of the hand); palmar
2. (botany, relational) palm (tree)
3. (figurative) clear, evident, incontestable

Related terms

• palma

Etymology 2

From palmo +‎ -ar.

Adjective

palmar m or f (plural palmares)

1. having the length of a handspan

Related terms

• palmo

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin palmāris (“palm (relational)”).

Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)

1. palm grove
2. village or farmstead located in a palm grove

Etymology 4

From palma +‎ -ar.

Verb

palmar (first-person singular present palmo, first-person singular preterite palmei, past participle palmado) (transitive)

1. to palm (to hide in one's palm)
2. (colloquial) to pilfer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palmar (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	palmar
Personal	palmar	palmares	palmar	palmarmos	palmardes	palmarem
Gerund
	palmando
Past participle
Masculine	palmado			palmados
Feminine	palmada			palmadas
Indicative
Present	palmo	palmas	palma	palmamos	palmais	palmam
Imperfect	palmava	palmavas	palmava	palmávamos	palmáveis	palmavam
Preterite	palmei	palmaste	palmou	palmamos1, palmámos2	palmastes	palmaram
Pluperfect	palmara	palmaras	palmara	palmáramos	palmáreis	palmaram
Future	palmarei	palmarás	palmará	palmaremos	palmareis	palmarão
Conditional	palmaria	palmarias	palmaria	palmaríamos	palmaríeis	palmariam
Subjunctive
Present	palme	palmes	palme	palmemos	palmeis	palmem
Imperfect	palmasse	palmasses	palmasse	palmássemos	palmásseis	palmassem
Future	palmar	palmares	palmar	palmarmos	palmardes	palmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		palma	palme	palmemos	palmai	palmem
Negative (não)		não palmes	não palme	não palmemos	não palmeis	não palmem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “palmar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “palmar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palˈmaɾ/ [palˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pal‧mar

Etymology 1

From Latin palmāris.

Adjective

palmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural palmares)

1. (relational) palm (hand and tree); palmar
2. (figurative) obvious

   Synonyms: palmario, claro

Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)

1. palm grove

Related terms

• palma

Etymology 2

From Late Latin palmāre.

Verb

palmar (first-person singular present palmo, first-person singular preterite palmé, past participle palmado)

1. (colloquial) to die, kick the bucket

   Synonyms: cascarla, morir

2. (colloquial) to lose in a game

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			palmar
gerund			palmando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		palmado		palmada
		plural		palmados		palmadas
		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	palmo	palmastú palmásvos	palma	palmamos	palmáis	palman
	imperfect	palmaba	palmabas	palmaba	palmábamos	palmabais	palmaban
	preterite	palmé	palmaste	palmó	palmamos	palmasteis	palmaron
	future	palmaré	palmarás	palmará	palmaremos	palmaréis	palmarán
	conditional	palmaría	palmarías	palmaría	palmaríamos	palmaríais	palmarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palme	palmestú palmésvos2	palme	palmemos	palméis	palmen
	imperfect (ra)	palmara	palmaras	palmara	palmáramos	palmarais	palmaran
	imperfect (se)	palmase	palmases	palmase	palmásemos	palmaseis	palmasen
	future1	palmare	palmares	palmare	palmáremos	palmareis	palmaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		palmatú palmávos	palme	palmemos	palmad	palmen
	negative		no palmes	no palme	no palmemos	no palméis	no palmen

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

Related terms

• palma

Further reading

• “palmar”, 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