pujar

[puˈxaɾ]

/[puˈxaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“pujar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,156 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,156
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer esfuerzos para avanzar o continuar venciendo una resistencia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pujar · pujar · Spanish

pujar · rank #55,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,156
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pujas

Nearest frequency peer: pujas (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pujar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pujar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pujar
PropertyValue
Headwordpujar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[puˈxaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pujar” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).pujarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pujas” (#55,157), “prurito” (#55,154), “puri” (#55,158). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pujar” va en #55,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pujar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,156 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [puˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer esfuerzos para avanzar o continuar venciendo una resistencia.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pujar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pujar, spelled P-U-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer esfuerzos para avanzar o continuar venciendo una resistencia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pujar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. y sentadito en la popa del barco, fijaba en la costa de su patria los ojos anegados de tan triste manera, que a pesar del águila nueva que llevaba en el alma, le parecía que iba todo muerto y sin capacidad de resurrección y que era él como un árbol prendido a aquella costa por las raíces, al que el buque llevaba atado por las ramas pujando mar afuera.
  2. y el mozo, que se llamaba Tomás, empezó a suspirar profundo cada vez que miraba a la Camarona inclinada hacia el remo y enarcando el brazo para pujar firme.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pujar"?
"pujar" is spelled P-U-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [puˈxaɾ].
What does "pujar" mean?
As a verb, "pujar" means: Hacer esfuerzos para avanzar o continuar venciendo una resistencia.
How do you pronounce "pujar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pujar" is [puˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pujar" come from?
"pujar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pujar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list