el palmar, palmar(
pahl
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mahr
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (botany)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
2. (colloquial) (to die) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. to kick the bucket (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Recuerdas el mal olor en el pasillo? Resulta que el vecino del 3b había palmado.Remember the bad smell in the hallway? It turns out the neighbor from 3b had kicked the bucket.
b. to snuff it (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
El conductor palmó en la ambulancia, camino al hospital.The driver snuffed it in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
3. (colloquial) (to lose money) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
4. (colloquial) (to fall asleep) (Argentina)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Argentina
a. to crash (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Palmé tendido en la cama después de una jornada de 18 horas.I crashed out on my bed after an 18-hour work day.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (colloquial) (to cause death) (Central America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. to kill
Escuché que palmaron a varias personas ayer en Tegucigalpa.I heard they killed several people yesterday in Tegucigalpa.
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