empentar — meaning in English

English meaning

• jostle verb To bump or push against someone while moving, often in a crowd.
• push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
• shove verb To push something or someone roughly.

Senses

empentar is used for these senses in English:

• jostle (ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
• push (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
• shove (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.

jostle — full definition

1. verb To bump or push against someone while moving, often in a crowd.
2. verb To compete or struggle with others to get or achieve something.
3. noun A rough push or shove, or the general shoving of a crowd.

push — full definition

1. verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
2. verb To keep pressuring or persuading someone toward a course of action.
3. verb To promote or advertise something persistently.
4. verb To keep striving hard toward a goal.
5. noun A short, forceful application of pressure; the act of pushing.

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