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.
2. (anatomy and medicine) In the direction of the palm.
   • 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery‎^[1], →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

• (toward the palmar surface): dorsal

Hypernyms

• volar

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ладо́нный (ru) (ladónnyj), пальма́рный (palʹmárnyj)
• Spanish: palmar (es)
• Volapük: namakevik

See also

• plantar
• ventral

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

palmar m

1. indefinite plural of palme

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palˈmaɾ/ [palˈmaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin palmāris.

Adjective

palmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural palmares)

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

   Synonyms: palmario, claro

Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)

1. palm grove

Related terms

• palma

Etymology 2

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014