empujar
Spanish, verb/empuˈxaɾ/
empujar is spelled E-M-P-U-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,075th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empujar is a Spanish verb meaning “to push, to shove, to jostle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicar una fuerza para mover o detener algo o a alguien”.
What does empujar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push, to shove, to jostle
- 2
to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person)
Le empujó con el codo de una manera muy dolorosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aplicar una fuerza para mover o detener algo o a alguien. 2. Impulsar, forzar o motivar algo o a alguien para provocar un cambio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empujar
- empujo first-person present singular
- empujé first-person preterite singular
- empujado participle past
- empujando gerund
- empujada feminine participle past
- empujados masculine participle past
- empujadas feminine participle past
- empujas indicative informal present
- empujás indicative informal present
- empuja indicative present singular
- empujamos first-person indicative plural
- empujáis indicative plural present
- empujan indicative plural present
- empujaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empujabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empujábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empujabais imperfect indicative plural
- empujaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empujar?
- /empuˈxaɾ/
- [ẽm.puˈxaɾ]
- [ẽmpuˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empujar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empujar in Spanish?
empujar appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).