empuxo
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈpu.ʃu/
empuxo is spelled E-M-P-U-X-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empuxo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a pushing force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of empuxar.
What does empuxo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea pushing force
- 2
masculinebuoyancy (upward force on an immersed body)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of empuxar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of empuxo
- empuxos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empuxo?
- Brazil /ẽˈpu.ʃu/
- Brazil /ĩˈpu.ʃu/
- Portugal /ẽˈpu.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empuxo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empuxo in Portuguese?
empuxo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).