English-Spanish translations for pulse

• pulso
  No tenemos el dedo palpando el pulso del mundo. We do not have our finger on the world’s pulse.
  Pues debemos medir, tomar la temperatura y tomar el pulso constantemente. Then, we should be measuring, taking the temperature, constantly taking the pulse.
  Para ello, necesitamos tomar el pulso a la política de igualdad, medirla y evaluarla. We therefore need to take the pulse of the equality policy, measure it and assess it.

Definition of pulse

• A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart
• The beat or tactus of a piece of music
• To beat, to throb, to flash
• To flow, particularly of blood
• To emit in discrete quantities
• Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals, especially in the mature, dry condition

Examples

• In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light
• Hot blood pulses through my veins

Related words

• impulse
• expulse
• repulse
• pulsejet
• appulse
• pulse dialing
• pulse pressure
• pulse oximeter
• pulse oximetry