impalmare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain.

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impalmàre (first-person singular present impàlmo, first-person singular past historic impalmài, past participle impalmàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to splice (rope, wires)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From im- +‎ palma +‎ -are. Compare English impalm, Spanish empalmar.

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impalmàre (first-person singular present impàlmo, first-person singular past historic impalmài, past participle impalmàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (archaic) to touch palms with (another person) (when making a solemn promise)
  2. (archaic) to promise to marry (a woman) by touching her hand (of a man)
  3. (humorous or affected) to marry (someone), to give one's hand in matrimony to (someone) (of a man)
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