puxar

Meaning

1. to pull (to apply force to something so it comes towards one)
2. to drag (to pull along a surface)
3. to draw (pull out) a weapon
4. (Brazil) to initiate (to cause to begin) interaction with someone else
5. (Brazil,informal) to take after; to inherit traits in appearance or behaviour
6. (Brazil,slang) to smoke marijuana

Hyphenated as

pu‧xar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/puˈʃa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre (“to push”). Doublet of pulsar, a learned borrowing. Compare Galician puxar and Spanish pujar.