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"Empujar" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "to push", and "pujar" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "to struggle". Learn more about the difference between "empujar" and "pujar" below.
empujar(
ehm
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poo
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hahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to propel)
b. to force to
La situación nos está empujando a tomar medidas drásticas.The situation is forcing us to take some drastic measures.
3. (mechanics)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (to shove)
a. to push
Tommy les pidió a las personas de atrás que dejaran de empujar.Tommy asked the people on the back to stop pushing.
pujar(
poo
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hahr
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. to struggle
La empresa sigue pujando por hacerse hueco en el mercado.The firm keeps struggling to position itself in the market.
a. to bid
La anticuaria pujó por varios artículos en la subasta, pero se llevó solo un cuadro.The antique dealer bid for several items in the auction, but she walked out with just the one painting.
3. (colloquial) (to push forcibly with the muscles) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
4. (colloquial) (to make a long, low sound) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. to bid
No estoy dispuesto a pujar más de €8,000 por esa lámpara.I'm not prepared to bid more than €8,000 for that lamp.
