Italian

Noun

palpito m ‎(plural palpiti)

1. beat (of the heart)
2. throb

Verb

palpito

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpitare

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of palpō ‎(“touch softly, stroke, pat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pi.toː/

Verb

palpitō ‎(present infinitive palpitāre, perfect active palpitāvī, supine palpitātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I move frequently and quickly, tremble, throb, pulsate, palpitate.

Inflection

Derived terms

• palpitātiō
• palpitātus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• palpito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palpito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palpito”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

palpito

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpitar

Spanish

Verb

palpito

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of palpitar.