palpito

See also: pálpito, palpitó, and palpitò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.pi.to/
  • Rhymes: -alpito
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧pi‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from palpitare (to throb, pound) +‎ -o.

Noun

palpito m (plural palpiti)

  1. beat (of the heart)
  2. throb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

palpito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpitare

Further reading

  • palpito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of palpō (touch softly, stroke, pat) + -itō (frequentive verb suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

palpitō (present infinitive palpitāre, perfect active palpitāvī, supine palpitātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to move frequently and quickly, tremble, throb, pulsate, palpitate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: palpitar
  • English: palpitate
  • French: palpiter
  • Galician: palpitar
  • Italian: palpitare
  • Portuguese: palpitar
  • Sicilian: parpitari
  • Spanish: palpitar

References

  • palpito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palpito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pawˈpi.tu/ [paʊ̯ˈpi.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pawˈpi.to/ [paʊ̯ˈpi.to]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /palˈpi.tu/ [paɫˈpi.tu]

  • Hyphenation: pal‧pi‧to

Verb

palpito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpitar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palˈpito/ [palˈpi.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: pal‧pi‧to

Verb

palpito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpitar