espalmar
Portuguese, verb/is.pawˈma(ʁ)/
espalmar is spelled E-S-P-A-L-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espalmar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to flatten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrir (a mão) estendendo os dedos”.
What does espalmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flatten
- 2
to smooth
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abrir (a mão) estendendo os dedos 2. aplanar, alisar 3. distender, abrir 4. segurar (algo) na palma da mão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espalmar
- espalmo first-person present singular
- espalmei first-person preterite singular
- espalmado participle past
- espalmares infinitive second-person singular
- espalmarmos first-person infinitive plural
- espalmardes infinitive plural second-person
- espalmarem infinitive plural third-person
- espalmando gerund
- espalmados masculine participle past
- espalmada feminine participle past
- espalmadas feminine participle past
- espalmas indicative present second-person
- espalma indicative present singular
- espalmamos first-person indicative plural
- espalmais indicative plural present
- espalmam indicative plural present
- espalmava first-person imperfect indicative
- espalmavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espalmar?
- Brazil /is.pawˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.paʊ̯ˈma(h)]
- Brazil /es.pawˈma(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espalmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espalmar in Portuguese?
espalmar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).