pulso
Spanish, noun
pulso is spelled P-U-L-S-O (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pulse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pulsar. With an accent, pulsó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pulsar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Latido intermitente de las arterias, que se siente en varias partes del cuerpo y especialmente en la muñeca”.
What does pulso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepulse
- 2
masculinearm-wrestle
- 3
Mexicomasculineaim
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pulsar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of pulsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Latido intermitente de las arterias, que se siente en varias partes del cuerpo y especialmente en la muñeca. 2. Parte de la muñeca donde se siente el latido de la arteria. 3. Seguridad o firmeza en la mano para ejecutar una acción con acierto; como jugar la espada, escribir, etc. 4. Tiento o cuidado en un negocio.
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 pulso
- pulsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pulso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulso in Spanish?
pulso appears 8.3 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).