empujar
/empuˈxaɾ/ · A2 · verb
to push, to shove, to jostle
🛒 em-PU-jar: PUsh sits inside it — both come from Latin pulsare
Empujar descends from Latin impulsare (in + pulsare, to beat or drive), the same root behind English push, impulse and pulse. Give someone an impulse and you empujar them — physically with a shove, or figuratively by nagging them into action.