# palmar
## English
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

palmar (comparative more palmar, superlative most palmar)
* (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:"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.
* (anatomy and medicine) In the direction of the palm.
** 2002, John Gray Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery‎, →ISBN, page 14:The long and ring superficialis tendons lie more palmar than the index and small.
* (zoology) Of or relating to the underside of the wings of birds.

#### Synonyms

* (in the direction of the palm): palmal

#### Antonyms

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

#### Hypernyms

* volar

#### Derived terms

* palmar fibromatosis

#### See also

* plantar
* ventral

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

palmar m
* indefinite plural of palme

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pawˈma(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pawˈma(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pawˈma(ɾ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pawˈma(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pawˈma(ɻ)/ [paʊ̯ˈma(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /palˈmaɾ/ [paɫˈmaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /palˈmaɾ/ [paɫˈmaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /palˈma.ɾi/ [paɫˈma.ɾi]

### Etymology 1

From palma +‎ -ar.

#### Adjective

palmar m or f (plural palmares)
* (relational) palm (of the hand); palmar
* (botany, relational) palm (tree)
* (figurative) clear, evident, incontestable

##### Related terms

* palma

### Etymology 2

From palmo +‎ -ar.

#### Adjective

palmar m or f (plural palmares)
* having the length of a handspan

##### Related terms

* palmo

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)
* palm grove
* village or farmstead located in a palm grove

### Etymology 4

From palma +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

palmar (first-person singular present palmo, first-person singular preterite palmei, past participle palmado) (transitive)
* to palm (to hide in one's palm)
* (colloquial) to pilfer

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* “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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palˈmaɾ/ [palˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pal‧mar

### Etymology 1

From Latin palmāris.

#### Adjective

palmar m or f (masculine and feminine plural palmares)
* (relational) palm (hand and tree); palmar
* (figurative) obvious
    Synonyms: palmario, claro

#### Noun

palmar m (plural palmares)
* palm grove

##### Related terms

* palma

### Etymology 2

From Late Latin palmāre.

#### Verb

palmar (first-person singular present palmo, first-person singular preterite palmé, past participle palmado)
* (colloquial) to die, kick the bucket
    Synonyms: cascarla, morir
* (colloquial) to lose in a game

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Related terms

* palma

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10