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apalpar

  • /ɐ.paɫ.ˈpaɾ/ Portugal

verb apalpando · apalpado · apalpo · apalpas · apalpa · apalpamos

  1. tocar com a mão, usando o sentido do tato; tatear: "Duarte, ao ver a moça, compôs o chambre, apalpou a gravata e fez uma cerimoniosa cortesia"
  2. molestar com apalpadelas: Zás!, recebeu uma bofetada depois de a apalpar.
  3. popular avançar por tentativas; sondar; experimentar: Foi apalpando que chegou àquela fórmula.
  4. aplaudir: No teatro, as crianças apalpam.
  5. movimentar a mão

In English

  • feel transitive: to sense by touch
  • grope obsolete: to feel with or use the hands
  • frisk to search somebody by feeling their clothes
  • palpate to examine by feeling

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@misc{apalpar_2026,
  title = {apalpar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/apalpar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}