pulso

See also: pulsó and pulsò

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pulso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/ [ˈpul̪.so]
• Hyphenation: pul‧so

Noun

púlso (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. (physiology) pulse
2. (anatomy) wrist

   Synonym: bubutkan

Derived terms

• magpulso
• pulsohan
• pulsohon

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pulso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/, [ˈpul.so]
• Hyphenation: pul‧so

Noun

pulso

1. pulse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/

Noun

pulso (accusative singular pulson, plural pulsoj, accusative plural pulsojn)

1. beat

   Synonyms: tempo, takto

2. pulse

   Synonym: korbatado

Derived terms

• ĉefpulso (“downbeat”)

Related terms

• pulsi (“to beat, blink, pulsate, throb”)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pulsus (“beat; pulse”), from pellō (“I drive; I strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/ [ˈpul.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ulso
• Hyphenation: pul‧so

Noun

pulso m (plural pulsos)

1. (cardiology, uncountable) pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)
2. (cardiology, uncountable) heart rate (number of heart beats per unit of time)
3. pulsation (single beat)
4. (electronics) electric pulse
5. (anatomy) wrist (hand joint)

   Synonym: boneca (obsolete)

Derived terms

• a pulso
• pulseira

Related terms

• impulso
• pulsación
• pulsador
• pulsar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pulso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pulso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pulso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpul.so/
• Rhymes: -ulso
• Hyphenation: pùl‧so

Verb

pulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulsare

Anagrams

• spulo, spulò

Latin

Alternative forms

• pultō (pre-Classical)

Etymology

Frequentative of pellō (“drive, strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.soː/, [ˈpʊɫ̪s̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.so/, [ˈpulso]

Verb

pulsō (present infinitive pulsāre, perfect active pulsāvī, supine pulsātum); first conjugation

1. to push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on; pulsate

   Synonyms: impingō, ī̆cō, afflīgō, caedō, tangō, verberō, accīdō, percutiō, discutiō, pellō, percellō, feriō

2. (figuratively) to urge or drive on, impel, move, agitate, disturb, disquiet
3. (figuratively) to accuse, defame; injure, insult

   Synonyms: obloquor, maledīcō, crīminor, arcessō, increpō, castīgō, corripiō, arripiō, accūsō, incūsō, compellō, arguō, īnsultō

4. (figuratively) to remove, put out of the way, drive away; dispel

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pulsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pulsō	pulsās	pulsat	pulsāmus	pulsātis	pulsant
	imperfect	pulsābam	pulsābās	pulsābat	pulsābāmus	pulsābātis	pulsābant
	future	pulsābō	pulsābis	pulsābit	pulsābimus	pulsābitis	pulsābunt
	perfect	pulsāvī	pulsāvistī	pulsāvit	pulsāvimus	pulsāvistis	pulsāvērunt, pulsāvēre
	pluperfect	pulsāveram	pulsāverās	pulsāverat	pulsāverāmus	pulsāverātis	pulsāverant
	future perfect	pulsāverō	pulsāveris	pulsāverit	pulsāverimus	pulsāveritis	pulsāverint
passive	present	pulsor	pulsāris, pulsāre	pulsātur	pulsāmur	pulsāminī	pulsantur
	imperfect	pulsābar	pulsābāris, pulsābāre	pulsābātur	pulsābāmur	pulsābāminī	pulsābantur
	future	pulsābor	pulsāberis, pulsābere	pulsābitur	pulsābimur	pulsābiminī	pulsābuntur
	perfect	pulsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pulsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pulsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pulsem	pulsēs	pulset	pulsēmus	pulsētis	pulsent
	imperfect	pulsārem	pulsārēs	pulsāret	pulsārēmus	pulsārētis	pulsārent
	perfect	pulsāverim	pulsāverīs	pulsāverit	pulsāverīmus	pulsāverītis	pulsāverint
	pluperfect	pulsāvissem	pulsāvissēs	pulsāvisset	pulsāvissēmus	pulsāvissētis	pulsāvissent
passive	present	pulser	pulsēris, pulsēre	pulsētur	pulsēmur	pulsēminī	pulsentur
	imperfect	pulsārer	pulsārēris, pulsārēre	pulsārētur	pulsārēmur	pulsārēminī	pulsārentur
	perfect	pulsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pulsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pulsā	—	—	pulsāte	—
	future	—	pulsātō	pulsātō	—	pulsātōte	pulsantō
passive	present	—	pulsāre	—	—	pulsāminī	—
	future	—	pulsātor	pulsātor	—	—	pulsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pulsāre	pulsāvisse	pulsātūrum esse	pulsārī, pulsārier1	pulsātum esse	pulsātum īrī
participles		pulsāns	—	pulsātūrus	—	pulsātus	pulsandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pulsandī	pulsandō	pulsandum	pulsandō	pulsātum	pulsātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Participle

pulsō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of pulsus

Derived terms

• circumpulsō
• expulsō
• impulsō
• pede tellūrem pulsō
• prōpulsō
• pulsābulum
• pulsātiō
• pulsātor
• repulsō

Related terms

• pellō
• pulsiō
• pulsuōsus
• pulsus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pulsare
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: pulsâ
  • Piedmontese: possé
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: poulser
    • Middle French: pousser
      • → English: push
        • → Papiamentu: pusha
      • French: pousser
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: puxar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: puxar
    • Galician: puxar
    • Portuguese: puxar (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: puxar
    • Ladino: pujar
    • Spanish: pujar
• Borrowings:
  • → Asturian: pulsar
  • → French: pulser
  • → Galician: pulsar
  • → Piedmontese: pulsé
  • → Portuguese: pulsar
  • → Romanian: pulsa
  • → Spanish: pulsar

References

• “pulso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pulso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pulso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
    

Anagrams

• polus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuw.su/ [ˈpuʊ̯.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuw.su/ [ˈpuʊ̯.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuw.so/ [ˈpuʊ̯.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.su/ [ˈpuɫ.su]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ulsu, (Brazil) -uwsu
• Hyphenation: pul‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pulsus (“beat; pulse”), from pellō (“to drive; to strike”).

Noun

pulso m (plural pulsos)

1. (cardiology, uncountable) pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)

   Synonym: pulsação

2. (cardiology, uncountable) heart rate (number of heart beats per unit of time)
3. pulsation (single beat)

   Synonyms: batida, pulsação

4. (anatomy) wrist (hand joint)

   Synonym: punho

5. (electronics) electric pulse

Derived terms

• pulseira

Related terms

• impulso
• pulsação
• pulsador
• pulsante
• pulsar
• pulsátil
• pulsativo
• pulsear
• pulsimétrico
• pulsímetro
• pulsional
• pulsógrafo
• pulsómetro
• pulsor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulsar

Further reading

• “pulso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pulso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pulso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pulso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pulso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pulso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/ [ˈpul.so]

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• Rhymes: -ulso
• Syllabification: pul‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pulsus.

Noun

pulso m (plural pulsos)

1. (physiology) pulse
2. arm-wrestle

   Synonym: pulseada

   • 2021 May 19, Laura J. Varo, ““Es la ‘marcha negra’, venimos de todo Marruecos””, in El País‎^[2]:

     Más de 8.000 personas han accedido a la ciudad, a nado o a pie, sorteando las rocas, a través de los espigones de Benzú, al norte, y del Tarajal, al sur, como consecuencia del pulso diplomático que ha echado Rabat a Madrid.

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3. (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) aim

   Synonym: puntería

Derived terms

• a pulso
• echar un pulso
• pulsera
• pulsudo

Related terms

• impulso
• pulsar

Descendants

• → Chavacano: pulso
• → Tagalog: pulso

Etymology 2

Verb

pulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulsar

Further reading

• “pulso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “pulso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pulso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpulso/ [ˈpul.so], /pulˈso/ [pʊlˈso]
• Rhymes: -ulso, -o
• Syllabification: pul‧so

Noun

pulso or pulsó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. (physiology) pulse

   Synonym: pintig

2. (anatomy) wrist
3. feeling or opinion of a group of people

Derived terms

• pulsuhan

Anagrams

• pulos