palpável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin palpābilis. By surface analysis, palpar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈpa.vew/ [paʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈpa.vɛl/ [paɫˈpa.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈpa.bɛl/ [paɫˈpa.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: pal‧pá‧vel

Adjective

palpável m or f (plural palpáveis)

palpable (able to be touched)
(figurative) palpable; obvious
(medicine) palpable (that can be detected by palpation)

Related terms

palpar

Further reading

“palpável” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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