pulsar
Spanish, verb
pulsar is spelled P-U-L-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulsar is a Spanish verb meaning “to press (a button, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, púlsar is a different word: “pulsar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tocar ejerciendo una ligera presión”.
What does pulsar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to press (a button, etc.)
pulsar un botón
- 2
to click (to press and release a button on a computer mouse)
- 3
to pulsate
noun
- 1
masculinepulsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estrella de neutrones que emite radiación periódica. Los púlsares poseen un intenso campo magnético que induce la emisión de estos pulsos de radiación electromagnética a intervalos regulares relacionados con el periodo de rotación del objeto.
verb: 1. Tocar ejerciendo una ligera presión. 2. Presionar sobre un elemento hundible o desplazable para disparar una acción. 3. Palpar el pulso arterial. 4. Por extensión, reconocer o explorar una situación.
verb: 1. Dar o emitir latidos o pulsos.
noun: 1. Estrella de neutrones que emite pulsos de radiación percibibles periódicamente.
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 pulsar
- pulso first-person present singular
- pulsé first-person preterite singular
- pulsado participle past
- pulsando gerund
- pulsada feminine participle past
- pulsados masculine participle past
- pulsadas feminine participle past
- pulsas indicative informal present
- pulsás indicative informal present
- pulsa indicative present singular
- pulsamos first-person indicative plural
- pulsáis indicative plural present
- pulsan indicative plural present
- pulsaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pulsabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pulsábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pulsabais imperfect indicative plural
- pulsaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pulsar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulsar in Spanish?
pulsar appears 1.6 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).