pulsear
Spanish, verb/pulseˈaɾ/
pulsear is spelled P-U-L-S-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulsear is a Spanish verb meaning “arm-wrestle (to compete in an arm-wrestle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Demostrar la fuerza del pulso, entre dos personas, agarrándose mutuamente la mano derecha, apoyando los codos…”.
What does pulsear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Latin-Americaarm-wrestle (to compete in an arm-wrestle)
- 2
Latin-Americaarm-wrestle (to struggle (with) for dominance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Demostrar la fuerza del pulso, entre dos personas, agarrándose mutuamente la mano derecha, apoyando los codos sobre una mesa o superficie firme, y haciendo presión hasta que la mano del otro toque la mesa.
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 pulsear
- pulseo first-person present singular
- pulseé first-person preterite singular
- pulseado participle past
- pulseando gerund
- pulseada feminine participle past
- pulseados masculine participle past
- pulseadas feminine participle past
- pulseas indicative informal present
- pulseás indicative informal present
- pulsea indicative present singular
- pulseamos first-person indicative plural
- pulseáis indicative plural present
- pulsean indicative plural present
- pulseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pulseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pulseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pulseabais imperfect indicative plural
- pulseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulsear?
- /pulseˈaɾ/
- [pul.seˈaɾ]
- [pulseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pulsear in Spanish?
pulsear appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).