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push1

/pʊʃ/

Translation

v [t, i]
empujar
aventar amér. col.
constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio
apretar
to push a button
apretar un botón
v [t]
traficar
to push drugs
traficar con drogas
presionar
Her parents are trying to push her into studying Law
Sus padres la están presionando para que estudie Derecho
constr. to push sb into + doing sth
to push sb {about/around} to push ahead to push sth forward [m] to push in to push off to push on
(Definition of push vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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