Alternative forms

• apuxar

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#PUXARCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#PUXAR pulsāre.

Verb

puxar (first-person singular indicative present puxo, past participle puxáu)Category:Asturian lemmas#PUXARCategory:Asturian verbs#PUXARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#PUXARCategory:Pages with entries#PUXARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUXAR

1. to push, pull

   Synonyms: empuxar, emburriar

   Tamos puxando'l carru pela cuesta

   We are pushing the cart down the slope

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2. to make an effort, force

   Synonyms: esforciar, aforciar

   La muyer puxó muncho pa parir

   The woman made a big effort to give birth

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   • 1744, Bruno Cepeda, Glorias de Asturias (poem):

     Hay xabalinos tan grandes,
     Que puestos é na palanca,
     Apuxen per sostenelos,
     Homes de bona puxanza.

     There are boars so big,
     that when they are on a crane,
     they [have to] make an effort to hold them
     men of good strength

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   • 1863, Amable González Abín, La Candelera‎:

     Pa estruyanos la collecha tuvieren que puxar munchu

     To mash our [apple] harvest, they had to make an effort

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   • 1900, Rufino Martínez Vázquez, Nochi-güena‎:

     Y la probe anciana na camina ' nferma puxa por alzase y apreta los puños

     And the poor old woman, ill in bed, makes an effort to stand up and clenches her fists

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3. to be able to hold a weight

   Synonyms: romanar, cargar

   • 1947, Luis Aurelio Álvarez, Versos espardíos‎, Hoy, día del emigrante:

     la romería y el ramu que non pudimos puxar

     and the party and the bouquet, which we couldn't carry

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4. to cheer
5. to complain quietly, whine

   Synonyms: ḥipar, lloricar

Further reading

• “puxar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “puxar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUXARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUXAR puxar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#PUXARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#PUXAR pulsāre (“to push”), frequentative of pellō (“to drive, to strike”). Cognate with Portuguese puxar, Asturian puxar, Spanish pujar and English push.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈʃaɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#PUXAR

Verb

puxar (first-person singular present puxo, first-person singular preterite puxei, past participle puxado)Category:Galician lemmas#PUXARCategory:Galician verbs#PUXARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#PUXARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PUXARCategory:Pages with entries#PUXARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUXAR

1. to push (with movement)

   Synonyms: apuxar, empurrar, empuxar

2. to pull

   Synonyms: tirar, turrar

3. to drive, force, impel
4. (archaicCategory:Galician terms with archaic senses#PUXAR) to throw
   • 1455, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 322:

     Ano de LV, sábado á noyte, que eran viinte dias do dito mes de setenbro, aas noue horas da noyte, foy conbatido por força de armas os paaços et curral do bispo d'Ourense et a hua ora, sobre médea noyte, foy entrado a poder de armas et non foy ende nehuún ome morto, saluo foron feridos dos do conçello ata noue ou des personas et dos do curral tres o quatro de seetadas, et en outro dia, o domingo, combateron a torre bella con Roy de Caldellas et con Johán de Canba et outro omee et puxaron de çima da torre hun canto e deu en hua perna Afonso da Proua et morreu dela.

     Year of 55, Saturday night, twenty days of said month of September, at nine hours at night; the palace and yard of the Bishop of Ourense was combatted forcibly with weapons, and at certain time, around midnight, it was forcibly penetrated; no man was killed then, but nine or ten persons of the Council were wounded and of the yard three or four, of arrow shots; and the other day, sunday, they combatted the old tower with Roi de Caldelas and with Xoán de Camba and with another man, and they threw from the top of the tower a stone which hit Afonso da Proba in a leg, and he died of it

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   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 340:

     et que, yndo él fogindo, lle lançara duas lanças e hua que lle dera por lo braço e llo pasara et a outra que lle puxeran [puxaran] por lle dar por lo ventre, et que, quando a vira vir, que a tomara por lo ferro, viindo por lo ayre, et que cortara a maao

     and that, while he was fleeing, they threw two spears: one that hit him in the arm and pierced it and another one that they threw for hitting his abdomen, and that, while he saw it coming, he took it by the spearhead, while coming through the air, and it cut his hand

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References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “puxar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “puxar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “puxar”, 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), “puxar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “puxar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “puxar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUXARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#PUXAR puxar, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#PUXARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#PUXAR pulsāre (“to push”). Doublet of pulsarCategory:Portuguese doublets#PUXAR, a learned borrowing. Compare Galician puxar and Spanish pujar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧xar

Verb

puxar (first-person singular present puxo, first-person singular preterite puxei, past participle puxado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PUXARCategory:Portuguese verbs#PUXARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#PUXARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PUXARCategory:Pages with entries#PUXARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#PUXAR

1. to pull (to apply force to something so it comes towards one)

   Antonyms: empurrar, empuxar

   • 2026 January 7 [2026 January 7], “Humanzee” (11:17 from the start), in The Darwin Incident, episode 1, spoken by Charlie (Mari Guedes), dubbing of HUMANZEE, via Amazon Prime Video:

     Vou te puxar pra cima. Fica parada!

     I'll pull you up. Stay still!

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2. to drag (to pull along a surface)

   Synonyms: arrastar, tracionar

3. to draw (pull out) a weapon

   Synonym: sacar

4. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#PUXAR) to initiate (to cause to begin) interaction with someone else

   Puxou papo com os vizinhos.

   He initiated a chat with the neighbours.

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   A gente puxava briga com qualquer um.

   We initiated fights with anyone.

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5. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#PUXAR, informalCategory:Portuguese informal terms#PUXAR) to take after; to inherit traits in appearance or behaviour

   Synonym: sair

   Maria puxou seu cabelo castanho de seu pai.

   Mary inherited her brown hair from her father.

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6. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#PUXAR, slangCategory:Portuguese slang#PUXAR) to smoke marijuana Category:pt:Drugs#PUXARCategory:pt:Marijuana#PUXAR

   Synonym: dar tapa na macaca

Further reading

• “puxar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “puxar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026