Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese enpuxar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), inherited from Late Latin impulsāre, from Latin in + pulsāre, present active infinitive of pulsō, or a frequentative of impellō, impellere. Doublet of impulsar, a later borrowing. Cognate with Spanish empujar.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

empuxar (first-person singular present empuxo, first-person singular preterite empuxei, past participle empuxado)

  1. to push
    Synonym: empurrar
  2. (archaic) to repel, drive, force back
    Synonyms: repeler, rexeitar
  3. to expel
    Synonym: botar

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • enpuxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • enpux” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • empuxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • empuxar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • empuxar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin impulsāre.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.puˈʃa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.puˈʃa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʃa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʃa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.puˈʃa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.puˈʃa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʃa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʃa(ɻ)/
 

Verb edit

empuxar (first-person singular present empuxo, first-person singular preterite empuxei, past participle empuxado)

  1. to push, to impel
  2. to yank towards oneself, to pull forcefully
  3. to shake vigorously
  4. (figurative) to induce (an action, behavior, etc.)

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