quiromancia

See also: quiromància

Portuguese

Etymology

From quiro- +‎ -mancia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾu.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: qui‧ro‧man‧ci‧a

Noun

quiromancia f (plural quiromancias)

1. palm reading; palmistry

   Synonym: quiroscopia

Derived terms

• quiromântico

Further reading

• “quiromancia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quiromancia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• quiromancía

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōr

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr

Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *gʰéhr̥

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)bor.

New Latin chiro-lbor.

Spanish quiro-

Spanish -mancia

Spanish quiromancia

From quiro- + -mancia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɾoˈmanθja/ [ki.ɾoˈmãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kiɾoˈmansja/ [ki.ɾoˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: qui‧ro‧man‧cia

Noun

quiromancia f (plural quiromancias)

1. palm reading; palmistry

   Synonym: quirología

Derived terms

• quiromántico

Further reading

• “quiromancia”, 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