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Meanings of "palmo" in English Spanish Dictionary : 14 result(s)

	Category	Spanish	English
Common
1	Common	palmo [m]	palm
2	Common	palmo [v]	first-person singular present indicative of palmar
General
3	General	palmo [m]	span
4	General	palmo [m]	palm (unit)
5	General	palmo [m]	palm
6	General	palmo [m]	span
7	General	palmo [m]	handbreadth
8	General	palmo [m]	measure of length
9	General	palmo [m]	hand-breadth (3 inches)
10	General	palmo [m]	game of span-farthing
Geology
11	Geology	palmo [m]	one quarter of a vara
Medicine
12	Medicine	palmo [m]	palmus
13	Medicine	palmo [m]	palmus (pl: palmi)
Games
14	Games	palmo [m]	span-farthing

Meanings of "palmo" with other terms in English Spanish Dictionary : 58 result(s)

	Category	Spanish	English
General
1	General	palmo de tierra [m]	span of land
2	General	palmo menor [m]	handbreadth
3	General	palmo a palmo	inch by inch
4	General	palmo menor [m]	handbreadth
5	General	palmo de nariz [m]	snook
6	General	dejar a uno con un palmo de narices [v]	dash one's hopes to the ground
7	General	hacer un palmo de nariz [v]	cock a snook
8	General	palmo a palmo [adv]	foot by foot
9	General	palmo a palmo [adv]	by inches
Idioms
10	Idioms	conocer el terreno palmo [v]	know a place like the back of one's hand
11	Idioms	conocer el terreno a palmo [v]	know a place like the back of one's hand
12	Idioms	conocer el terreno palmo [v]	know a place like the palm of one's hand
13	Idioms	conocer el terreno a palmo [v]	know a place like the palm of one's hand
14	Idioms	no ver a un palmo de la nariz [v]	can't see one's hand in front of one's face
15	Idioms	no ver a un palmo de la nariz [v]	can't see past the end of one's nose
16	Idioms	dejar a alguien con un palmo de narices [v]	take the wind out of someone's sails
17	Idioms	no ceder ni un palmo [v]	not give an inch
18	Idioms	hacer un palmo de narices a alguien [v]	thumb one’s nose at someone
19	Idioms	hacer un palmo de narices a alguien [v]	cock a snook/snoot at someone
20	Idioms	avanzar palmo a palmo [v]	go inch by inch
21	Idioms	avanzar palmo a palmo [v]	move forward very slowly
22	Idioms	quedarse con un palmo de narices [v]	end up with nothing
23	Idioms	quedarse con un palmo de narices [v]	be disappointed
24	Idioms	quedarse con un palmo de narices [v]	come up empty
25	Idioms	quedarse con un palmo de narices [v]	come away empty-handed
26	Idioms	quedarse con un palmo de narices [v]	be let down
27	Idioms	conocer el terreno palmo a palmos [v]	know a place like the palm of one's hand
28	Idioms	palmo a palmo [adv]	step by step
29	Idioms	palmo a palmo [adv]	step by step
30	Idioms	palmo a palmo [adv]	inch by inch
31	Idioms	palmo a palmo [adv]	bit by bit
32	Idioms	conocer algo palmo a palmo	know something backwards and forwards
33	Idioms	conocer algo palmo a palmo	know something forwards and backwards
34	Idioms	conocer algo palmo a palmo	know something inside out
35	Idioms	conocer algo palmo a palmo	know something through and through
36	Idioms	conocer cada palmo (de un lugar)	know every inch (of a place)
37	Idioms	palmo a palmo	inch by inch
Phrases
38	Phrases	palmo a palmo	inch by inch
39	Phrases	palmo a palmo	little by little
40	Phrases	palmo a palmo	step by step
Colloquial
41	Colloquial	echar la lengua de un palmo por algo [v]	be anxious
42	Colloquial	echar la lengua de un palmo por algo [v]	be eager for
43	Colloquial	dejar a alguien con un palmo de narices [v]	burst someone's bubble
44	Colloquial	dejar a alguien con un palmo de narices [v]	take the wind out of someone's sails
45	Colloquial	no adelantar un palmo de terreno en algo [v]	not gain a yard
46	Colloquial	no adelantar un palmo de tierra en algo [v]	take one step forward and two steps back
47	Colloquial	no ganar un palmo de terreno en algo [v]	take one step forward and two steps back
48	Colloquial	no ganar un palmo de tierra en algo [v]	take one step forward and two steps back
49	Colloquial	no levantar un palmo del suelo (especialmente un niño) [v]	be short
50	Colloquial	con la lengua fuera de un palmo [adv]	weary
51	Colloquial	con la lengua afuera de un palmo [adv]	weary
52	Colloquial	con la lengua afuera de un palmo [adv]	tired
53	Colloquial	con un palmo de lengua [adv]	weary
54	Colloquial	con un palmo de lengua [adv]	tired
55	Colloquial	con un palmo de lengua fuera [adv]	weary
56	Colloquial	con un palmo de lengua fuera [adv]	tired
Engineering
57	Engineering	palmo a palmo	inch by inch
Rehabilitation
58	Rehabilitation	reflejo palmo-mentoniano	palmomental reflex