pujar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to struggle
  2. (intransitive) to dither, vacillate
  3. (intransitive) to struggle for words
  4. (intransitive) to push
  5. (intransitive) to bud
  6. (transitive) to bid (at an auction)

Frequency

30k
Hyphenated as
pu‧jar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/puˈxaɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puxar, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellō. Doublet of pulsar, a borrowing. Compare English push.

Cognate with English
English
push

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