empurrar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/
empurrar is spelled E-M-P-U-R-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empurrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to push (apply a force to an object so that it moves away)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impelir com violência ou vigor”.
What does empurrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push (apply a force to an object so that it moves away)
- 2
to push (continually promote a point of view, product, etc.)
O vendedor ficou me empurrando essa caixinha de som, e acabou que eu voltei com três.
- 3
to force down (to swallow food forcefully)
Obrigado, já comi demais. Nem que eu empurre.
- 4
to wash down (to drink liquid to help to swallow food or a pill)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. impelir com violência ou vigor 2. dar encontrões em 3. impingir 4. comer sem vontade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of empurrar
- empurro first-person present singular
- empurrei first-person preterite singular
- empurrado participle past
- empurrares infinitive second-person singular
- empurrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- empurrardes infinitive plural second-person
- empurrarem infinitive plural third-person
- empurrando gerund
- empurrados masculine participle past
- empurrada feminine participle past
- empurradas feminine participle past
- empurras indicative present second-person
- empurra indicative present singular
- empurramos first-person indicative plural
- empurrais indicative plural present
- empurram indicative plural present
- empurrava first-person imperfect indicative
- empurravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empurrar?
- Brazil /ẽ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.puˈha(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empurrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empurrar in Portuguese?
empurrar appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).