impulsar
Spanish, verb/impulˈsaɾ/
impulsar is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-A-R (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impulsar is a Spanish verb meaning “to impel, to propel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impeler”.
What does impulsar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impel, to propel
- 2
to push, to push for, to push forward, to drive, to propel, to force, to drive forward
La mayoría de las naciones está comprometida a impulsar el proceso.
- 3
to boost, to promote, to jump-start
- 4
to drive, to motivate, encourage, to impel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impeler.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impulsar
- impulso first-person present singular
- impulsé first-person preterite singular
- impulsado participle past
- impulsando gerund
- impulsada feminine participle past
- impulsados masculine participle past
- impulsadas feminine participle past
- impulsas indicative informal present
- impulsás indicative informal present
- impulsa indicative present singular
- impulsamos first-person indicative plural
- impulsáis indicative plural present
- impulsan indicative plural present
- impulsaba first-person imperfect indicative
- impulsabas imperfect indicative second-person
- impulsábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- impulsabais imperfect indicative plural
- impulsaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impulsar?
- /impulˈsaɾ/
- [ĩm.pulˈsaɾ]
- [ĩmpulˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impulsar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impulsar in Spanish?
impulsar appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).