noun, masculine/ˈpalmo/plural: palmos
span, handspan (an informal unit of length based on a hand's width); inch, ounce (any trivially small distance or amount of something); palmo, Spanish span (a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
Synonyms: cuarta
Inherited from Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Portuguese and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.