palmar
Portuguese, noun/pawˈma(ʁ)/
palmar is spelled P-A-L-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palmar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “palm grove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plantação de palmeiras”.
What does palmar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepalm (of the hand); palmar
- 2
femininemasculinepalm (tree)
- 3
femininemasculineclear, evident, incontestable
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehaving the length of a handspan
noun
- 1
masculinepalm grove
- 2
masculinevillage or farmstead located in a palm grove
verb
- 1
to palm (to hide in one's palm)
- 2
colloquialto pilfer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a palma ou a palmeira 2. relativo à palma da mão 3. que é do comprimento de um palmo
noun: 1. plantação de palmeiras
verb: 1. bifar, furtar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo palmar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo palmar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo palmar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo palmar
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 palmar
- palmares plural
- palmo first-person present singular
- palmei first-person preterite singular
- palmado participle past
- palmarmos first-person infinitive plural
- palmardes infinitive plural second-person
- palmarem infinitive plural third-person
- palmando gerund
- palmados masculine participle past
- palmada feminine participle past
- palmadas feminine participle past
- palmas indicative present second-person
- palma indicative present singular
- palmamos first-person indicative plural
- palmais indicative plural present
- palmam indicative plural present
- palmava first-person imperfect indicative
- palmavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palmar?
- Brazil /pawˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [paʊ̯ˈma(h)]
- Portugal /paɫ.ˈmaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palmar in Portuguese?
palmar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).