# palear
## Latin
### Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated paleāre, nominative neuter singular of paleāris or directly from palea +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpa.le.ar/, [ˈpäɫ̪eär]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpa.le.ar/, [ˈpäːleär]

### Noun

palear n (genitive paleāris); third declension
* (usually in the plural) The skin that hangs down from the neck of an ox, dewlap.
* (by extension) The throat.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

#### Related terms

* paleālis
* paleāris
* paleārium
* paleātus

### References

* “palear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* palear in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palear, from pala (“shovel”), cognate with pá.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.leˈa(h)], /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.leˈa(h)], /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.leˈa(ɾ)/, /pa.liˈa(ɾ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.leˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.leˈa(χ)], /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.leˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈlja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pa‧le‧ar

### Verb

palear (first-person singular present paleio, first-person singular preterite paleei, past participle paleado)
* (transitive) to shovel (move material with a shovel)
    Synonym: padejar

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “palear”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “palear”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “palear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “palear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “palear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “palear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From pala +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paleˈaɾ/ [pa.leˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧le‧ar

### Verb

palear (first-person singular present paleo, first-person singular preterite paleé, past participle paleado)
* (transitive) to shovel

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* paleador

### Further reading

* “palear”, 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