empuxar

From Old Galician-Portuguese enpuxar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), inherited from Late Latin impulsāre, from Latin in + pulsāre, 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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enpuxar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enpux”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empuxar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “empuxar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empuxar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “empuxar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025