impalmare
Italian
editEtymology 1
editUncertain.
Verb
editimpalmàre (first-person singular present impàlmo, first-person singular past historic impalmài, past participle impalmàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to splice (rope, wires)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of impalmàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom im- + palma + -are. Compare English impalm, Spanish empalmar.
Verb
editimpalmàre (first-person singular present impàlmo, first-person singular past historic impalmài, past participle impalmàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (archaic) to touch palms with (another person) (when making a solemn promise)
- (archaic) to promise to marry (a woman) by touching her hand (of a man)
- (humorous or affected) to marry (someone), to give one's hand in matrimony to (someone) (of a man)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of impalmàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)