puxar
Portuguese, verb/puˈʃa(ʁ)/
puxar is spelled P-U-X-A-R (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,830th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puxar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pull (to apply force to something so it comes towards one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atrair a si com força”.
What does puxar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pull (to apply force to something so it comes towards one)
- 2
to drag (to pull along a surface)
- 3
to draw (pull out) a weapon
- 4
Brazilto initiate (to cause to begin) interaction with someone else
Puxou papo com os vizinhos.
- 5
Brazilinformalto take after; to inherit traits in appearance or behaviour
Maria puxou seu cabelo castanho de seu pai.
- 6
Brazilslangto smoke marijuana
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atrair a si com força 2. arrastar 3. esticar 4. assemelhar-se descendentemente em traço com (regência verbal com preposição: a)
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 puxar
- puxo first-person present singular
- puxei first-person preterite singular
- puxado participle past
- puxares infinitive second-person singular
- puxarmos first-person infinitive plural
- puxardes infinitive plural second-person
- puxarem infinitive plural third-person
- puxando gerund
- puxados masculine participle past
- puxada feminine participle past
- puxadas feminine participle past
- puxas indicative present second-person
- puxa indicative present singular
- puxamos first-person indicative plural
- puxais indicative plural present
- puxam indicative plural present
- puxava first-person imperfect indicative
- puxavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puxar?
- Brazil /puˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [puˈʃa(h)]
- /puˈʃa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puxar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puxar in Portuguese?
puxar appears 13 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).