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Meanings of palpitate in English

Portuguese
vibrar
Catalan
estremir-se
Spanish
temblar

Shake with fast, tremulous movements.

        vibrar

        Beat rapidly.

              Usage of palpitate in English
              1
              Nicholl perceived this state of the air by seeing Diana palpitate painfully.
              The Moon-Voyage
              2
              She paused, then smiled the beautiful smile that caused his heart to palpitate.
              Rakes and radishes
              3
              Nor was his the only heart whom that cheery sound caused to palpitate.
              A Dog with a Bad Name
              4
              Why did his heart palpitate so wildly at the slightest sound?
              Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
              5
              Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
              The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
              6
              And the colored marbles of the ducal palace fairly palpitate.
              The Lure of the Mask
              7
              But the poor man lay beyond earthly help; he was too dead to palpitate.
              Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
              8
              The stony figure, the eagle eye, the matchless presence, have all ceased to palpitate.
              Remarks
              9
              Fielding's novels often lack refinement, but they palpitate with life.
              Halleck's New English Literature
              10
              The air is cold; the sky is of a sombre blue; the multitudinous stars palpitate.
              The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
              11
              Those were terrible moments for him; but the hearts of the boys did not palpitate.
              The Secret Chamber at Chad
              12
              The air of the sleeping-chamber seemed to palpitate with the hopeless passion of the girls.
              Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
              13
              The nearness of his arm made her heart palpitate.
              A vote of confidence
              14
              My heart began to palpitate when one of them pulled out a pair of handcuffs.
              Somewhere inside
              15
              Capable gloved hands palpitate the little chest to start the lungs -surely in vain.
              The Guardian
              16
              Jay grabbed on to a couple of them, feeling them palpitate wildly inside her fingers.
              The Naked God
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              Translations for palpitate
              Spanish
              temblar
              Palpitate through the time