English → Latin
“push” in Latin
pellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,trūdōto thrust, push or shoveprōpellōto drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel; to hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel; to drive on, impel, incitprōtrūdōto thrust or push forwards; to protrudeexpellōto drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge; to force or drive out or away, expel, removepetītiōan attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition, beseeching; an applying for officecōnorto try, attemptaudeōto dare, venture, risk; to be eager for battle
The English word push itself goes back to Latin pellō, through pulsare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
push v.
pellere; trudere: to push forward, propellere; protrudere: to push out, expellere; pellere ex: to push on; Vid. IMPEL, EXCITE.
push s.
pulsus; petitio (thrust): when it comes to the push, ubi ad rem, ad discrimen pervenerit; ubi res in discrimen deducta fuerit (Bau.): to make a push, conari, audere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for push?
- The usual Latin words for “push” are pellō, trūdō, prōpellō; also prōtrūdō, expellō, petītiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.