palmo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) span, handspan (an informal unit of length based on a hand's width)
2. (figuratively, masculine) inch, ounce (any trivially small distance or amount of something)
3. (historical, masculine) palmo, Spanish span (a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of palmar

palmar

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

span

palm

time

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Synonyms

palma de la mano

cuarta

Translations

spanna

empan

Spanne

palmo

pam

palmo

bout

🔚

durée

lopin

laps

campata

palmo della mano

passo falso

بست

Hyphenated as

pal‧mo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpalmo/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: palmus

Cognate with Portuguese: -

Cognate with Galician: palmo

Cognate with Catalan: pam

In summary

Inherited from Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Portuguese and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.