pulso

See also: pulsó and pulsò

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pulso (“pulse”).

Noun

pulso

1. pulse

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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”)

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Italian

Verb

pulso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulsare

Anagrams

• spulo, spulò

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Latin

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. I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on; pulsate
2. (figuratively) I urge or drive on, impel, move, agitate, disturb, disquiet
3. (figuratively) I accuse, defame; injure, insult
4. (figuratively) I 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.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• pellō
• pulsiō
• pulsuōsus
• pulsus

 

Descendants

• English: pulsate, push
• Middle French: pousser
• French: pulser, pousser
• Italian: pulsare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: puxar
• Papiamentu: pusha
• Portuguese: pulsar, puxar
• Romanian: pulsa
• Spanish: pulsar, pujar

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
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuw.su/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuw.so/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɫ.su/
• Hyphenation: pul‧so

Noun

pulso m (plural s)

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

Related terms

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

 

Verb

pulso

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulsus.

Noun

pulso m (plural pulsos)

1. pulse
2. arm-wrestle

Derived terms

• a pulso
• echar un pulso

Related terms

• pulsar
• impulso

Verb

pulso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pulsar.