empurrar

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

• IPA^(key): [em.pu.ˈraɾ]

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

• “empurrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “empurrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “empurrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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)
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