empurrar

Galician

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

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

Conjugation of empurrar

Reintegrated conjugation of empurrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	empurrar
Personal	empurrar	empurrares	empurrar	empurrarmos	empurrardes	empurrarem
Gerund
	empurrando
Past participle
Masculine	empurrado			empurrados
Feminine	empurrada			empurradas
Indicative
Present	empurro	empurras	empurra	empurramos	empurrades, empurrais	empurram
Imperfect	empurrava	empurravas	empurrava	empurrávamos	empurrávades, empurráveis, empurrávais¹	empurravam
Preterite	empurrei	empurraste, empurrache¹	empurrou	empurramos	empurrastes	empurrárom, empurraram
Pluperfect	empurrara	empurraras	empurrara	empurráramos	empurrárades, empurráreis, empurrárais¹	empurraram
Future	empurrarei	empurrarás	empurrará	empurraremos	empurraredes, empurrareis	empurrarám, empurrarão
Conditional	empurraria	empurrarias	empurraria	empurraríamos	empurraríades, empurraríeis, empurraríais¹	empurrariam
Subjunctive
Present	empurre	empurres	empurre	empurremos	empurredes, empurreis	empurrem
Imperfect	empurrasse	empurrasses	empurrasse	empurrássemos	empurrássedes, empurrásseis	empurrassem
Future	empurrar	empurrares	empurrar	empurrarmos	empurrardes	empurrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		empurra	empurre	empurremos	empurrade, empurrai	empurrem
Negative (nom)		nom empurres	nom empurre	nom empurremos	nom empurredes, nom empurreis	nom empurrem

¹Less recommended.

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

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “emburriar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.puˈha(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.puˈha(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʁa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.puˈha(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʁa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.puˈha(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.puˈχa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.puˈχa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.puˈʁa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.puˈha(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.puˈʁa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.puˈha(ɻ)]

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

(transitive) to push (apply a force to (an object) so that it moves away)
(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.
(transitive) to sell a product that is overpriced and/or of low quality, especially with malice
(transitive) to wash down (to drink liquid to help to swallow food or a pill)

Conjugation of empurrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.