puxar

• puyar

puxar (first-person singular indicative present puxo, past participle puxáu)

1. to auction (to sell at an auction)
2. to bid

From Old Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre, present active infinitive of pulsō (“I push”), frequentative of pellō (“I drive, I strike”).

puxar (first-person singular present puxo, first-person singular preterite puxei, past participle puxado)

1. to pull
2. first- and third-person singular future subjunctive of puxar
3. first- and third-person singular personal infinitive of puxar

From Old Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre, present active infinitive of pulsō (“I push”), frequentative of pellō (“I drive, I strike”). Compare the borrowed doublet pulsar.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /pu.ˈʃa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.ˈʃa(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ˈʃaɾ/
• Hyphenation: pu‧xar

puxar (first-person singular present indicative puxo, past participle puxado)

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. to initiate (to cause to begin) interaction with someone else.

   Puxou papo com os vizinhos.

   He initiated a chat with the neighbours.

   Nós puxavamos briga com qualquer um.

   We initiated fights with anyone.

5. (informal) to take after; to inherit traits in appearance or behaviour

   Maria puxou seu cabelo castanho de seu pai.

   Mary inherited her brown hair from her father.

6. (slang, Brazil) to smoke marijuana

• (to pull out a weapon): sacar
• (to drag): arrastar, tracionar
• (to smoke marijuana): dar tapa na macaca

• (to pull): empurrar, empuxar

• puxa-puxa
• puxa-saco
• puxa-saquismo

• empuxar
• puxação
• puxado
• puxador
• puxão