# paladar
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish paladar, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, from Latin palātum.

### Noun

paladar (plural paladars or paladares)
* A small family-run restaurant in a Cuban home

#### Related terms

* palate

### References

* OED 2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan paladar, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləˈða]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.laˈðaɾ]

### Noun

paladar m (plural paladars)
* (anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)
* (figurative) palate (sense of taste)

#### Derived terms

* paladar dur
* paladar tou
* paladejar
* vel del paladar

#### Related terms

* palatabilitat
* palatal
* palatí

#### Descendants

* → Sardinian: paladare, paladari (Campidanese) (or from Spanish)
* → Sicilian: palataru, balataru (or from Spanish)

### References

* “paladar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “paladar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “paladar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “paladar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish paladar, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, from Latin palātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palaˈdaɾ/, [pa.laˈd̪aɾ]
* Hyphenation: pa‧la‧dar

### Noun

paladar
* (anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum. Considering its intervocalic /l/, presumably borrowed via Spanish paladar. Doublet of padar (the inherited counterpart); cf. also Galician padal.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.laˈdaʁ/ [pa.laˈdah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.laˈdaʁ/ [pa.laˈdah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.laˈdaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.laˈdaʁ/ [pa.laˈdaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.laˈdaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈdaɾ/ [pɐ.lɐˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈdaɾ/ [pɐ.lɐˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɐˈda.ɾi/ [pɐ.lɐˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: pa‧la‧dar

### Noun

paladar m (plural paladares)
* the sense of taste
    Synonym: gosto
* taste (a person’s implicit set of preferences)
* palate (roof of the mouth)
    Synonyms: céu da boca, palato

#### Coordinate terms

* audição
* gosto, paladar
* olfato (Brazil, Portugal) ~ olfacto (Portugal only)
* tato (Brazil, Portugal) ~ tacto (Portugal only)
* visão

#### Derived terms

* ter bom paladar

#### Related terms

* palato

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palaˈdaɾ/ [pa.laˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧la‧dar

### Noun

paladar m (plural paladares)
* palate (roof of the mouth, and sense of taste)
* a small family-run restaurant in a Cuban home

#### Hyponyms

* paladar blando (“soft palate”)
* paladar duro (“hard palate”)
* paladar hendido

#### Derived terms

* paladear
* velo del paladar

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: paladar
* → English: paladar (learned)
* → Portuguese: paladar
* and see: Catalan paladar

### Further reading

* “paladar”, 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