palpar

v.

1 to feel around.

1 to feel, to touch.

2 to feel.

4 to examine by touch, to touch, to feel, to palpate.

Yo sentí a Ricardo con mi mano I felt Richard with my hand.

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palpar

► verbo transitivo

1 MEDICINA to palpate

2 to feel

3 figurado (percibir) to sense, feel

■ se palpa cierto descontento en el ambiente there's discontent in the air

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verb

to touch, feel

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1. VT

1) (=tocar) to touch, feel; (=tantear) to feel one's way along; [amorosamente] to caress, fondle; esp LAm [+ sospechoso] to frisk

2) (=notar) to appreciate, understand

ahora palpa las consecuencias — now he's really feeling the consequences

ya palparás lo que es esto — one day you'll really understand all this

2.

See:

palparse

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verbo transitivo (Med) to palpate; (tantear) to touch, feel

se palpa el temor del pueblo — you can feel/sense people's fear

palpar de armas — (RPl) to frisk (for weapons)

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verbo transitivo (Med) to palpate; (tantear) to touch, feel

se palpa el temor del pueblo — you can feel/sense people's fear

palpar de armas — (RPl) to frisk (for weapons)

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palpar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Med) to palpate

2 (tantear) to touch, feel

se palpa el temor del pueblo you can feel/sense people's fear

palpar de armas (RPl); to frisk (for weapons)

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palpar (conjugate palpar) verbo transitivo (Med) to palpate;
(tantear) to touch, feel
palparse verbo pronominal ‹bolsillo› to feel
palpar verbo transitivo
1 (con las manos) to touch, feel
Med to palpate
2 fig (sentir, notar) la tensión se palpaba en el ambiente, you could feel the tension in the air
'palpar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tentar
- tocar
English:
feel

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palpar

♦ vt

1. [tocar] to feel, to touch;

[sujeto: doctor] to palpate

2. RP

palpar de armas a alguien [cachear] to frisk sb, to search sb for weapons

3. [percibir] to feel;

se palpaba el descontento the restlessness could be felt

♦ vi

to feel around

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palpar

v/t con las manos feel, touch; fig : descontento, miedo feel

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palpar vt

: to feel, to touch

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palpar vb to feel [pt. & pp. felt]