La Palabra Del Día "palpitar"
palpitar ( pahl-pee-tahr' )
verb ( to palpitate, to beat, to throb )
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1: Puedo sentir el palpitar de tu corazón. ¿Tienes miedo a las alturas?
I can feel your heart beating. Are you afraid of heights?
2: ¿Qué le dijiste al maestro para hacer palpitar así la vena que tiene en la frente?
What did you say to the teacher to make the vein in his forehead throb like that?
11 Answers
"Palpitar" in Spanish can also be used in a figurative way with people as subjects of the verb, not only with parts of the body. "Las chicas palpitaron al ritmo de la banda", "Los argentinos palpitan la final del mundial". In this case it means people really really enjoy something.
Según esta animación, hasta un perro puede tener un corazón que palpita para el amor.
According to this cartoon, even a dog can have a heart that throbs for love.
The beat from the double-bass drum reverberated through the entire 50,000 seat stadium.
El palpitar del tambor bajo doble resonó a través de la entera 50.000 asientos del estadio.
Las quemaduras de segundo grado suelen ir acompañadas de un dolor palpitante.
Second degree burns are often accompanied by a throbbing pain.
Mi corazón palpitaba de alegría. My heart was beating with joy.
En sus versos palpita la emoción. His verses throb with emotion.
El corazón empezó a palpitarle con fuerza. His heart began to pound.
La posibilidad de hablar en público le dio mucho miedo y su corazón comenzó a palpitar mucho.
The prospect of speaking in public made her fearful and her heart started to race.
Mañana juega nuestra selección (nacional) contra Brasil. ¿Cuál es tu pálpito?
Our national team plays against Brazil tomorrow. What is your hunch? (feeling?)
Alguna música hace un fuerte sonido palpitante, siento que mi corazón palpitante al ritmo.
Some music makes a loud throbbing sound, I feel my heart palpitating to the rhythm.
We will we will rock (palpitar)you
Mientras estaba hablando con la policía, empezó a oír un sonido, quizás era de la sangre corriendo por sus oídos impulsada por su propio corazón, el cual estaba palpitando de temor y de culpa, pero llegó a creer que era los latidos del corazón del viejo que había asesinado y que luego había ocultado bajo las tablas del suelo.
While he was talking with the police, he began to hear a sound, perhaps it was the blood running through his ears propelled by his own hear, which was palpitating from fear and guilt, but he came to belive it was the beating of the heart of the old man that he had killed and the then had hidden beneath the floorboards.
Demasiada cafeína puede causar que el corazón palpite desagradablemente.
Too much caffeine can cause the heart to palpitate unpleasantly.
Su corazón siempre palpitaba mucho antes de saltos en paracaídas.
His heart always throbbed very much before parachute jumps.
