pujar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *podiāre, a verb based on Latin podium. Compare Occitan pujar, Aragonese puyar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [puˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [puˈd͡ʒaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

pujar (first-person singular present pujo, first-person singular preterite pugí, past participle pujat)

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up, ascend, climb up
2. (intransitive) to get in, get on (a vehicle)

   pujar al cotxe ― to get into the car

3. (transitive) to climb, climb up (a wall, ladder etc.)
4. (intransitive) to rise (get to a higher level)
5. (transitive) to build up (increase the height of something)
6. (intransitive) to grow up, shoot up
7. (transitive, Internet) to upload

   Synonym: penjar

   pujar un arxiu ― to upload a file

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pujar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			pujar
gerund			pujant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pujat		pujada
		plural		pujats		pujades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pujo	puges	puja	pugem	pugeu	pugen
	imperfect	pujava	pujaves	pujava	pujàvem	pujàveu	pujaven
	future	pujaré	pujaràs	pujarà	pujarem	pujareu	pujaran
	preterite	pugí	pujares	pujà	pujàrem	pujàreu	pujaren
	conditional	pujaria	pujaries	pujaria	pujaríem	pujaríeu	pujarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pugi	pugis	pugi	pugem	pugeu	pugin
	imperfect	pugés	pugessis	pugés	pugéssim	pugéssiu	pugessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	puja	pugi	pugem	pugeu	pugin
	negative (no)	—	no pugis	no pugi	no pugem	no pugeu	no pugin

Antonyms

• caure

Related terms

• puig
• puja
• pujada
• pujador
• pujança
• pujant
• pujat

References

• “pujar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pujar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ladino

Alternative forms

• pushar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puxar, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellō.

Verb

pujar

1. to increase, grow

Occitan

Alternative forms

• pojar

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *podiāre, from Latin podium.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

pujar

1. to ascend (travel upwards)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pujar			aver pujat
gerund		pujant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pujat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pugi	pujas	puja	pujam	pujatz	pujan
	imperfect	pujavi	pujavas	pujava	pujàvem	pujàvetz	pujavan
	preterite	pugèri	pugères	pugèt	pugèrem	pugèretz	pugèron
	future	pujarai	pujaràs	pujarà	pujarem	pujaretz	pujaràn
	conditional	pujariái	pujariás	pujariá	pujariam	pujariatz	pujarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pugèra	pugèras	pugèra	pugeram	pugeratz	pugèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	puge	puges	puge	pugem	pugetz	pugen
	imperfect	pugèssi	pugèsses	pugèsse	pugèssem	pugèssetz	pugèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			puja		pugem	pujatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pujar			aver pujat
gerund		pujant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pujat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	puge	puges	puja	pujam	pujatz	pujon
	imperfect	pujave	pujaves	pujava	pujaviam	pujaviatz	pujavon
	preterite	pugere	pugeres	puget	pugem	pugetz	pugeron
	future	pujarai	pujaràs	pujará	pujarem	pujaretz	pujarán
	conditional	pujariá	pujariás	pujariá	pujariam	pujariatz	pujarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pugèra	pugèras	pugèra	pugeram	pugeratz	pugèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	puge	puges	puge	pujassiam	pujassiatz	pujon
	imperfect	pugesse	pugesses	pugesse	pugessiam	pugessiatz	pugesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			puja		pujassiam	pujatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pujar			aver pujat
gerund		pujant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pujat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pugi	pujas	puja	pujam	pujatz	pujan
	imperfect	pujavi	pujavas	pujava	pujàvam	pujàvatz	pujavan
	preterite	pugèi	pugès	pugè	pugèm	pugètz	pugèn
	future	pujarèi	pujaràs	pujarà	pujaram	pujaratz	pujaràn
	conditional	pujarí	pujarés	pujaré	pujarem	pujaretz	pujarén
	conditional 2nd form1	pugèra	pugèras	pugèra	pugeram	pugeratz	pugèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pugi	puges	puge	pugem	pugetz	pugen
	imperfect	pugèssi	pugèsses	pugèsse	pugèssem	pugèssetz	pugèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			puja		pugem	pujatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pujar			aver pujat
gerund		pujant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pujat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	puge	pujas	puja	pujam	pujatz	pujan
	imperfect	pujava	pujavas	pujava	pujàvam	pujàvatz	pujavan
	preterite	pugei	pugeras	puget	pugèram	pugèratz	pugeran
	future	pujarai	pujaràs	pujará	pujarem	pujaretz	pujarán
	conditional	pujariá	pujariàs	pujariá	pujariam	pujariatz	pujarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pugèra	pugèras	pugèra	pugeram	pugeratz	pugèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	puge	puges	puge	pugem	pugetz	pugen
	imperfect	pugèsse	pugèsses	pugèsse	pugèssem	pugèssetz	pugèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			puja		pugem	pujatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pujar			aver pujat
gerund		pujant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pujat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	puge	puges	puja	pujam	pujatz	pujan
	imperfect	pujavi	pujavas	pujava	pujàvem	pujàvetz	pujavan
	preterite	pugère	pugères	pugèt	pugeriam	pugeriatz	pugèron
	future	pujarai	pujaràs	pujarà	pujarem	pujaretz	pujaràn
	conditional	pujariáu	pujariás	pujariá	pujariam	pujariatz	pujarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pugèra	pugèras	pugèra	pugeram	pugeratz	pugèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	puge	puges	puge	pugem	pugetz	pujan
	imperfect	pugèsse	pugèsses	pugèsse	pugessiam	pugessiatz	pugèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			puja		pugem	pujatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• puèg

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puxar, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellō. Doublet of pulsar, a borrowing. Compare English push.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈxaɾ/ [puˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pu‧jar

Verb

pujar (first-person singular present pujo, first-person singular preterite pujé, past participle pujado)

1. (intransitive) to struggle
2. (intransitive) to dither, vacillate
3. (intransitive) to struggle for words
4. (intransitive) to push
5. (intransitive) to bud
6. (transitive) to bid (at an auction)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pujar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pujar
gerund			pujando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pujado		pujada
		plural		pujados		pujadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pujo	pujastú pujásvos	puja	pujamos	pujáis	pujan
	imperfect	pujaba	pujabas	pujaba	pujábamos	pujabais	pujaban
	preterite	pujé	pujaste	pujó	pujamos	pujasteis	pujaron
	future	pujaré	pujarás	pujará	pujaremos	pujaréis	pujarán
	conditional	pujaría	pujarías	pujaría	pujaríamos	pujaríais	pujarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	puje	pujestú pujésvos2	puje	pujemos	pujéis	pujen
	imperfect (ra)	pujara	pujaras	pujara	pujáramos	pujarais	pujaran
	imperfect (se)	pujase	pujases	pujase	pujásemos	pujaseis	pujasen
	future1	pujare	pujares	pujare	pujáremos	pujareis	pujaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pujatú pujávos	puje	pujemos	pujad	pujen
	negative		no pujes	no puje	no pujemos	no pujéis	no pujen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pujar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pujar	dative	pujarme	pujarte	pujarle, pujarse	pujarnos	pujaros	pujarles, pujarse
	accusative	pujarme	pujarte	pujarlo, pujarla, pujarse	pujarnos	pujaros	pujarlos, pujarlas, pujarse
with gerund pujando	dative	pujándome	pujándote	pujándole, pujándose	pujándonos	pujándoos	pujándoles, pujándose
	accusative	pujándome	pujándote	pujándolo, pujándola, pujándose	pujándonos	pujándoos	pujándolos, pujándolas, pujándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative puja	dative	pújame	pújate	pújale	pújanos	not used	pújales
	accusative	pújame	pújate	pújalo, pújala	pújanos	not used	pújalos, pújalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pujá	dative	pujame	pujate	pujale	pujanos	not used	pujales
	accusative	pujame	pujate	pujalo, pujala	pujanos	not used	pujalos, pujalas
with formal second-person singular imperative puje	dative	pújeme	not used	pújele, pújese	pújenos	not used	pújeles
	accusative	pújeme	not used	pújelo, pújela, pújese	pújenos	not used	pújelos, pújelas
with first-person plural imperative pujemos	dative	not used	pujémoste	pujémosle	pujémonos	pujémoos	pujémosles
	accusative	not used	pujémoste	pujémoslo, pujémosla	pujémonos	pujémoos	pujémoslos, pujémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pujad	dative	pujadme	not used	pujadle	pujadnos	pujaos	pujadles
	accusative	pujadme	not used	pujadlo, pujadla	pujadnos	pujaos	pujadlos, pujadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pujen	dative	pújenme	not used	pújenle	pújennos	not used	pújenles, pújense
	accusative	pújenme	not used	pújenlo, pújenla	pújennos	not used	pújenlos, pújenlas, pújense

Derived terms

• puja
• pujador
• pujamiento
• pujante
• pujanza
• pujo

Related terms

• empujar

Further reading

• “pujar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024