empuxar

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.

• IPA^(key): [empuˈʃaɾ]

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

• “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.

Inherited from Late Latin impulsāre.

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.)

• “empuxar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “empuxar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.