puxar
Portuguese
/pu.ˈʃaɾ/, /pu.ˈʃa(ʁ)/, /pu.ˈʃa(ɹ)/, /pu.ˈʃa(ɻ)/
verb
Definitions
- to pull to apply force to something so it comes towards one
- to drag to pull along a surface
- to draw (pull out) a weapon
- to initiate to cause to begin interaction with someone else.
- (informal) to take after; to inherit traits in appearance or behaviour
- (slang) to smoke marijuana
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese puxar inherited from Latin pulsāre.
Origin
Latin
pulsāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- push English
- pulsio, pulsiōnem, pulsiō Latin
- pulsāre Latin
- pulsāre, pulso Latin
- pulsare Italian
- boegseren Dutch, Flemish
- буксир Russian
- pujar Spanish, Castilian
- pulsar Spanish, Castilian
- pulsar Portuguese
- puxa-saco Portuguese
- puxão Portuguese
- saco Portuguese
- puxar Galician
- pulsa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- puxar Old Portuguese
- polsar Occitan
- pusha Papiamentu
- pucha Kabuverdianu
- buksir Crimean Tatar
- pucha Guinea-Bissau Creole