Meaning
to feel, to grope
- to examine or touch medically with the fingers or hands
- to touch someone inappropriately without consent; to grope
In a sentence
Il medico ha palpato l'addome per individuare l'origine del dolore.
The doctor felt the abdomen to locate the source of the pain.
L'uomo è stato denunciato per aver palpato una passeggera sull'autobus.
The man was reported for groping a female passenger on the bus.
Palpando delicatamente il polso, si percepisce chiaramente il battito.
By gently feeling the wrist, the pulse can be clearly detected.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| palpare | infinitive |
| palpo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| palpi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| palpa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| palpiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| palpate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| palpano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| palpavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| palpavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| palpava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| palpavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| palpavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| palpavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| palpai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| palpasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| palpò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| palpammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| palpaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| palparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| palperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| palperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| palperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| palperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| palperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| palperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| palpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| palpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| palpi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| palpiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| palpiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| palpino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| palpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| palpassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| palpasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| palpassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| palpaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| palpassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| palperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| palperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| palperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| palperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| palpereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| palperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| palpa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| palpiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| palpate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| palpando | gerund |
| palpato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In medical contexts, it is neutral and technical ('palpare l'addome').
- In social contexts, it often implies unwelcome sexual touching; use with caution.