palpável
Portuguese, adjective/pawˈpa.vew/
palpável is spelled P-A-L-P-Á-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palpável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “palpable (able to be touched)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se pode palpar”.
What does palpável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepalpable (able to be touched)
- 2
femininemasculinepalpable; obvious
- 3
femininemasculinepalpable (that can be detected by palpation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se pode palpar 2. evidente; que não deixa dúvidas
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 palpável
- palpáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palpável?
- Brazil /pawˈpa.vew/
- Brazil [paʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /palˈpa.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palpável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palpável in Portuguese?
palpável appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).