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]

• (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)

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

Related terms

• palpar

Further reading

• “palpável” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.