pulsa

See also: Pulsa and pulsá

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pulsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊlsa]
• Hyphenation: pul‧sa

Noun

pulsa (first-person possessive pulsaku, second-person possessive pulsamu, third-person possessive pulsanya)

1. pulse,
   1. (physiology) a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.

      Synonyms: denyut, nadi

   2. a beat or throb.
   3. (music) the beat or tactus of a piece of music.
2. (communication) phone credit

   Synonym: kredit (Standard Malay)

3. (colloquial) electricity credit

Further reading

• “pulsa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

pulsa

1. inflection of pulsare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• spula

Latin

Etymology 1

Participle

pulsa

1. inflection of pulsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Etymology 2

Participle

pulsā

1. ablative feminine singular of pulsus

Etymology 3

Verb

pulsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pulsō

References

• pulsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

pulsa

1. inflection of pulsar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulsāre, present active infinitive of pulsō.

Verb

a pulsa (third-person singular present pulsează, past participle pulsat) 1st conj.

1. to pulsate, throb, beat

   Synonym: bate

Conjugation

    conjugation of pulsa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pulsa
gerund			pulsând
past participle			pulsat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pulsez	pulsezi	pulsează	pulsăm	pulsați	pulsează
	imperfect	pulsam	pulsai	pulsa	pulsam	pulsați	pulsau
	simple perfect	pulsai	pulsași	pulsă	pulsarăm	pulsarăți	pulsară
	pluperfect	pulsasem	pulsaseși	pulsase	pulsaserăm	pulsaserăți	pulsaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pulsez	să pulsezi	să pulseze	să pulsăm	să pulsați	să pulseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pulsează			pulsați
	negative		nu pulsa			nu pulsați

Related terms

• puls

Spanish

Verb

pulsa

1. inflection of pulsar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

pulsa (present pulsar, preterite pulsade, supine pulsat, imperative pulsa)

1. trudge, plod

Usage notes

Especially with reference to arduous movement through deep snow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pulsa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	pulsa		pulsas
Supine	pulsat		pulsats
Imperative	pulsa		—
Imper. plural1	pulsen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	pulsar	pulsade	pulsas	pulsades
Ind. plural1	pulsa	pulsade	pulsas	pulsades
Subjunctive2	pulse	pulsade	pulses	pulsades
	Participles
Present participle	pulsande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• pulsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pulsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pulsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)