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impulso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • headway noun Progress made toward completing something.
  • impulse noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
  • momentum noun In physics, a measure of a moving object's motion, calculated as its mass multiplied by its velocity.
  • pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
  • push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  • trigger noun The small lever pulled with a finger to fire a gun.

Senses

impulso is used for these senses in English:

  • drive (psychology) Desire or interest.
  • headway (nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
  • impulse A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
  • pulse (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
  • push A great effort (to do something).
  • trigger (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.

drive — full definition

  1. verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  2. verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
  3. noun A journey made in a vehicle.
  4. noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
  5. noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.

headway — full definition

  1. noun Progress made toward completing something.
  2. noun The time or distance gap between vehicles, such as buses or trains, running the same route.

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