impulso

See also: impulsó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [imˈpul.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [imˈpul.so]

Verb

impulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of impulsar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

impulso m (plural impulsi)

1. impulse, drive, urge, boost
2. (sciences) impulse, pulse, also archaic for momentum

Related terms

• impulsivo

Latin

Participle

impulsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impulsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpuw.su/ [ĩˈpuʊ̯.su]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpul.su/ [ĩˈpuɫ.su]

• Hyphenation: im‧pul‧so

Noun

impulso m (plural impulsos)

1. thrust (force due to propulsion)
2. impulse (sudden force that impels)

Related terms

• pulso

Further reading

• “impulso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpulso/ [ĩmˈpul.so]
• Rhymes: -ulso
• Syllabification: im‧pul‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Noun

impulso m (plural impulsos)

1. drive, urge
2. (sciences) impulse, pulse

   Synonym: muebda f (archaic)

Related terms

• impulsar
• impulsivo

Etymology 2

Verb

impulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of impulsar

Further reading

• “impulso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025