palpar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palpāre. Compare poupar, an inherited doublet.
Verb
palpar (first-person singular present palpo, first-person singular preterite palpei, past participle palpado)
- to palpate (to examine or otherwise explore through touch)
Conjugation
Conjugation of palpar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- palpável
Further reading
- “palpar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palpo, palpare (“to touch softly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palˈpaɾ/ [palˈpaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pal‧par
Verb
palpar (first-person singular present palpo, first-person singular preterite palpé, past participle palpado)
- (physical) to feel, to touch
- (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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
Conjugation of palpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | palpar | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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
Further reading
- “palpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014