palmar

Borrowed from Latin palmaris. May be decomposed as palm +‎ -ar.

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”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     "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^[2], →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.

• (in the direction of the palm): palmal

• (antonym(s) of “toward the palmar surface”): dorsal

• volar

• odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome
• palmar fibromatosis

• plantar
• ventral

palmar m

1. indefinite plural of palme

From palma +‎ -ar.

palmar m or f (plural palmares)

1. (relational) palm (of the hand); palmar
2. (botany, relational) palm (tree)
3. (figurative) clear, evident, incontestable

• palma

From palmo +‎ -ar.

palmar m or f (plural palmares)

1. having the length of a handspan

• palmo

Borrowed from Latin palmāris (“palm (relational)”).

palmar m (plural palmares)

1. palm grove
2. village or farmstead located in a palm grove

From palma +‎ -ar.

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

1. to palm (to hide in one's palm)
2. (colloquial) to pilfer

• “palmar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “palmar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

• IPA^(key): /palˈmaɾ/ [palˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pal‧mar

From Latin palmāris.

palmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural palmares)

1. (relational) palm (hand and tree); palmar
2. (figurative) obvious

   Synonyms: palmario, claro

palmar m (plural palmares)

1. palm grove

From Late Latin palmāre.

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

• “palmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024