empurrar

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese empurrar and Asturian emburriar. Perhaps from apurrar (“to incite”), apurrir (“to put closer”), from Latin porrigō.^[1]

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empurrar (first-person singular present empurro, first-person singular preterite empurrei, past participle empurrado)

1. to push

   Synonyms: apuxar, cotifar, empuxar

2. to incite, egg on

   Synonyms: apurrar, incitar

• empurrón

• apurrar
• apurrir

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empurrar”, 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), “empurrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “empurrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish empujar (“to push”), from Late Latin impulsāre, frequentative of Latin impellere (“to push”). Doublet of impulsar and empuxar.

empurrar (first-person singular present empurro, first-person singular preterite empurrei, past participle empurrado)

1. (transitive) to push (apply a force to (an object) so that it moves away)
2. (transitive) to push (e.g. a button)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 359:

     Ele se aproximou e experimentou empurrá-la.

     He came closer and tried to push it.

3. (transitive) to sell a product that is overpriced and/or of low quality, especially with malice
4. (transitive) to wash down (to drink liquid to help to swallow food or a pill)

• empurrão