empurrão

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === empurram, empurraõ (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enpurron. By surface analysis, empurrar +‎ -ão. Galician empurrón. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Hyphenation: em‧pur‧rão === Noun === empurrão m (plural empurrões) a push; a shove (short, directed application of force, sometimes rough) Synonym: empurra Dê um empurrão na porta que ela abre. ― Give the door a push and it will open. Levei um empurrão nas costas e quase caí. ― I took a shove to my back and almost fell down. === Further reading === “empurrão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “empurrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026