No. 13,292 in Spanish

pulsó

"Pulso" is the third-person singular simple past tense of "pulsar," meaning "he/she/it pressed or tapped."

In a sentence

Él pulsó el botón para encender la máquina.
He pressed the button to turn on the machine.
Here, 'pulsó' refers to the action of pressing a button or a key.
Ella pulsó una tecla en el piano para comenzar la melodía.
She pressed a key on the piano to start the melody.
In this context, 'pulsó' describes the action of pressing a piano key to produce sound.
El atleta pulsó el cronómetro para iniciar el conteo.
The athlete pressed the stopwatch to start the count.
'Pulsó' is used here for activating a stopwatch by pressing its button.

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