palmar

English

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”:

     "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^[1], ISBN 0781735858, page 14:

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

Antonyms

• (toward the palmar surface): dorsal

Hypernyms

• volar

See also

• plantar
• ventral

Translations

of or pertaining to the palm of the hand

German: (technical) palmar (de), (technical) Palmar- (de), (technical) volar (de), handflächenseitig (de), hohlhandseitig (de), Hand- (de)

Volapük: namakevik (vo)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Latin palmāris.

Adjective

palmar m. and f. (plural palmares)

1. related to palms (hand and tree); palmar

Noun

palmar m. (plural palmares)

1. palm grove.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. (colloquial) to die.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			palmar
gerund			palmando
past participle			palmado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palmo	palmas	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	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palme	palmes	palme	palmemos	palméis	palmen
	imperfect (ra)	palmara	palmaras	palmara	palmáramos	palmarais	palmaran
	imperfect (se)	palmase	palmases	palmase	palmásemos	palmaseis	palmasen
	future	palmare	palmares	palmare	palmáremos	palmareis	palmaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		palma	palme	palmemos	palmad	palmen
	negative		no palmes	no palme	no palmemos	no palméis	no palmen

Synonyms

• morir

Related terms

• palma