impulsar

Catalan

Etymology

From impuls, or borrowed from Late Latin impulsāre, from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pulˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.pulˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

impulsar (first-person singular present impulso, first-person singular preterite impulsí, past participle impulsat)

1. to impel, force
2. to push on, kickstart

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impulsar (first conjugation)

infinitive			impulsar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	impulsa	impulsi	impulsem	impulseu	impulsin
	negative (no)	—	no impulsis	no impulsi	no impulsem	no impulseu	no impulsin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

impulsar m

1. 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)

1. to impel, to propel
2. 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.

3. to boost, to promote, to jump-start
4. to drive, to motivate, encourage, to impel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impulsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			impulsar
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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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
		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 tuteo 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 voseo 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

Derived terms

• impulsador

Related terms

• impulsión
• impulsivo
• impulso

Further reading

• “impulsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025