palmear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂

Proto-Italic *palamā

Latin palma

Old Spanish palma

Spanish palma

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish palmear

From palma + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palmeˈaɾ/ [pal.meˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pal‧me‧ar

Verb

palmear (first-person singular present palmeo, first-person singular preterite palmeé, past participle palmeado)

1. (intransitive) to clap
2. (transitive) to slap on the back

Conjugation

    Conjugation of palmear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			palmear
gerund			palmeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		palmeado		palmeada
		plural		palmeados		palmeadas
		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	palmeo	palmeastú palmeásvos	palmea	palmeamos	palmeáis	palmean
	imperfect	palmeaba	palmeabas	palmeaba	palmeábamos	palmeabais	palmeaban
	preterite	palmeé	palmeaste	palmeó	palmeamos	palmeasteis	palmearon
	future	palmearé	palmearás	palmeará	palmearemos	palmearéis	palmearán
	conditional	palmearía	palmearías	palmearía	palmearíamos	palmearíais	palmearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palmee	palmeestú palmeésvos2	palmee	palmeemos	palmeéis	palmeen
	imperfect (ra)	palmeara	palmearas	palmeara	palmeáramos	palmearais	palmearan
	imperfect (se)	palmease	palmeases	palmease	palmeásemos	palmeaseis	palmeasen
	future1	palmeare	palmeares	palmeare	palmeáremos	palmeareis	palmearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		palmeatú palmeávos	palmee	palmeemos	palmead	palmeen
	negative		no palmees	no palmee	no palmeemos	no palmeéis	no palmeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of palmear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive palmear	dative	palmearme	palmearte	palmearle, palmearse	palmearnos	palmearos	palmearles, palmearse
	accusative	palmearme	palmearte	palmearlo, palmearla, palmearse	palmearnos	palmearos	palmearlos, palmearlas, palmearse
with gerund palmeando	dative	palmeándome	palmeándote	palmeándole, palmeándose	palmeándonos	palmeándoos	palmeándoles, palmeándose
	accusative	palmeándome	palmeándote	palmeándolo, palmeándola, palmeándose	palmeándonos	palmeándoos	palmeándolos, palmeándolas, palmeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative palmea	dative	palméame	palméate	palméale	palméanos	not used	palméales
	accusative	palméame	palméate	palméalo, palméala	palméanos	not used	palméalos, palméalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative palmeá	dative	palmeame	palmeate	palmeale	palmeanos	not used	palmeales
	accusative	palmeame	palmeate	palmealo, palmeala	palmeanos	not used	palmealos, palmealas
with formal second-person singular imperative palmee	dative	palméeme	not used	palméele, palméese	palméenos	not used	palméeles
	accusative	palméeme	not used	palméelo, palméela, palméese	palméenos	not used	palméelos, palméelas
with first-person plural imperative palmeemos	dative	not used	palmeémoste	palmeémosle	palmeémonos	palmeémoos	palmeémosles
	accusative	not used	palmeémoste	palmeémoslo, palmeémosla	palmeémonos	palmeémoos	palmeémoslos, palmeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative palmead	dative	palmeadme	not used	palmeadle	palmeadnos	palmeaos	palmeadles
	accusative	palmeadme	not used	palmeadlo, palmeadla	palmeadnos	palmeaos	palmeadlos, palmeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative palmeen	dative	palméenme	not used	palméenle	palméennos	not used	palméenles, palméense
	accusative	palméenme	not used	palméenlo, palméenla	palméennos	not used	palméenlos, palméenlas, palméense

Further reading

• “palmear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025