pulso
Portuguese, noun/ˈpuw.su/
pulso is spelled P-U-L-S-O (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pulse (regular beat caused by the heart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pulsar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do antebraço junto à mão”.
What does pulso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepulse (regular beat caused by the heart)
- 2
masculineheart rate (number of heart beats per unit of time)
- 3
masculinepulsation (single beat)
- 4
masculinewrist (hand joint)
- 5
masculineelectric pulse
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pulsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do antebraço junto à mão 2. pulsação cardíaca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pulso
- pulsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulso?
- Brazil /ˈpuw.su/
- Brazil [ˈpuʊ̯.su]
- Portugal /ˈpul.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pulso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulso in Portuguese?
pulso appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).