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palmo.

palmo, a traditional unit of length about equal to 22 cm

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpaw.mu/Brazil[ˈpaʊ̯.mu]Brazil/ˈpal.mu/Portugal[ˈpaɫ.mu]Portugal
  1. palmo, a traditional unit of length about equal to 22 cm

    historical · masculine
  2. square palmo, a traditional unit of area about equal to 480 cm²

    historical · masculine
  3. cubic palmo, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 L, particularly used in measuring masonry

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Spanish and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.

verb
  1. first-person singular present indicative of palmar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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