impulsar
Catalan
Etymology
From impuls, or borrowed from Late Latin impulsāre, from Latin impulsus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.pulˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pulˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
impulsar (first-person singular present impulso, past participle impulsat)
- to impel, force
- to push on, kickstart
Conjugation
Conjugation of impulsar (first conjugation)
infinitive | impulsar | ||||||
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present participle | impulsant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | impulsat | impulsada | |||||
plural | impulsats | impulsades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | impulso | impulses | impulsa | impulsem | impulseu | impulsen | |
imperfect | impulsava | impulsaves | impulsava | impulsàvem | impulsàveu | impulsaven | |
future | impulsaré | impulsaràs | impulsarà | impulsarem | impulsareu | impulsaran | |
preterite | impulsí | impulsares | impulsà | impulsàrem | impulsàreu | impulsaren | |
conditional | impulsaria | impulsaries | impulsaria | impulsaríem | impulsaríeu | impulsarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | impulsi | impulsis | impulsi | impulsem | impulseu | impulsin | |
imperfect | impulsés | impulsessis | impulsés | impulséssim | impulséssiu | impulsessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | impulsa | impulsi | impulsem | impulseu | impulsin |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
impulsar m
- indefinite plural of impuls
Spanish
Etymology
From impulso, or borrowed from Late Latin impulsāre, from Latin impulsus. Doublet of empujar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impulˈsaɾ/ [ĩm.pulˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: im‧pul‧sar
Verb
impulsar (first-person singular present impulso, first-person singular preterite impulsé, past participle impulsado)
- to impel, to propel
- to push, to push for, to push forward, to drive, to propel, to force, to drive forward
- La mayoría de las naciones está comprometida a impulsar el proceso.
- The majority of nations are committed to pushing the process forward.
- to boost, to promote, to jump-start
- to drive, to motivate, encourage, to impel
Conjugation
Conjugation of impulsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | impulsar | ||||||
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gerund | impulsando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | impulsado | impulsada | |||||
plural | impulsados | impulsadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | impulso | impulsastú impulsásvos | impulsa | impulsamos | impulsáis | impulsan | |
imperfect | impulsaba | impulsabas | impulsaba | impulsábamos | impulsabais | impulsaban | |
preterite | impulsé | impulsaste | impulsó | impulsamos | impulsasteis | impulsaron | |
future | impulsaré | impulsarás | impulsará | impulsaremos | impulsaréis | impulsarán | |
conditional | impulsaría | impulsarías | impulsaría | impulsaríamos | impulsaríais | impulsarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | impulse | impulsestú impulsésvos2 | impulse | impulsemos | impulséis | impulsen | |
imperfect (ra) | impulsara | impulsaras | impulsara | impulsáramos | impulsarais | impulsaran | |
imperfect (se) | impulsase | impulsases | impulsase | impulsásemos | impulsaseis | impulsasen | |
future1 | impulsare | impulsares | impulsare | impulsáremos | impulsareis | impulsaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | impulsatú impulsávos | impulse | impulsemos | impulsad | impulsen | ||
negative | no impulses | no impulse | no impulsemos | no impulséis | no impulsen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of impulsar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive impulsar | |||||||
dative | impulsarme | impulsarte | impulsarle, impulsarse | impulsarnos | impulsaros | impulsarles, impulsarse | |
accusative | impulsarme | impulsarte | impulsarlo, impulsarla, impulsarse | impulsarnos | impulsaros | impulsarlos, impulsarlas, impulsarse | |
with gerund impulsando | |||||||
dative | impulsándome | impulsándote | impulsándole, impulsándose | impulsándonos | impulsándoos | impulsándoles, impulsándose | |
accusative | impulsándome | impulsándote | impulsándolo, impulsándola, impulsándose | impulsándonos | impulsándoos | impulsándolos, impulsándolas, impulsándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative impulsa | |||||||
dative | impúlsame | impúlsate | impúlsale | impúlsanos | not used | impúlsales | |
accusative | impúlsame | impúlsate | impúlsalo, impúlsala | impúlsanos | not used | impúlsalos, impúlsalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative impulsá | |||||||
dative | impulsame | impulsate | impulsale | impulsanos | not used | impulsales | |
accusative | impulsame | impulsate | impulsalo, impulsala | impulsanos | not used | impulsalos, impulsalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative impulse | |||||||
dative | impúlseme | not used | impúlsele, impúlsese | impúlsenos | not used | impúlseles | |
accusative | impúlseme | not used | impúlselo, impúlsela, impúlsese | impúlsenos | not used | impúlselos, impúlselas | |
with first-person plural imperative impulsemos | |||||||
dative | not used | impulsémoste | impulsémosle | impulsémonos | impulsémoos | impulsémosles | |
accusative | not used | impulsémoste | impulsémoslo, impulsémosla | impulsémonos | impulsémoos | impulsémoslos, impulsémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative impulsad | |||||||
dative | impulsadme | not used | impulsadle | impulsadnos | impulsaos | impulsadles | |
accusative | impulsadme | not used | impulsadlo, impulsadla | impulsadnos | impulsaos | impulsadlos, impulsadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative impulsen | |||||||
dative | impúlsenme | not used | impúlsenle | impúlsennos | not used | impúlsenles, impúlsense | |
accusative | impúlsenme | not used | impúlsenlo, impúlsenla | impúlsennos | not used | impúlsenlos, impúlsenlas, impúlsense |
Related terms
- impulsión
- impulsivo
- impulso
Further reading
- “impulsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014