empuxar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/
empuxar is spelled E-M-P-U-X-A-R (7 letters). Empuxar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to push, to impel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arrastar para si; atrair com violência”.
What does empuxar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push, to impel
- 2
to yank towards oneself, to pull forcefully
- 3
to shake vigorously
- 4
to induce (an action, behavior, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. arrastar para si; atrair com violência; 2. impelir, afastar com força; empurrar; 3. arrastar, induzir.
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 empuxar
- empuxo first-person present singular
- empuxei first-person preterite singular
- empuxado participle past
- empuxares infinitive second-person singular
- empuxarmos first-person infinitive plural
- empuxardes infinitive plural second-person
- empuxarem infinitive plural third-person
- empuxando gerund
- empuxados masculine participle past
- empuxada feminine participle past
- empuxadas feminine participle past
- empuxas indicative present second-person
- empuxa indicative present singular
- empuxamos first-person indicative plural
- empuxais indicative plural present
- empuxam indicative plural present
- empuxava first-person imperfect indicative
- empuxavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empuxar?
- Brazil /ẽ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.puˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.