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SPANISH VERB

pujar

to push (in a birth)

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: pujando
  • Past participle: pujado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I push
  2. tú you push
  3. usted, él, ella he/she pushes
  4. nosotros we push
  5. vosotros Spain you all push
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they push

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I pushed
  2. tú you pushed
  3. usted, él, ella he/she pushed
  4. nosotros we pushed
  5. vosotros Spain you all pushed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they pushed

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to push
  2. tú you used to push
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to push
  4. nosotros we used to push
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to push
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to push

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will push
  2. tú you will push
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will push
  4. nosotros we will push
  5. vosotros Spain you all will push
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will push

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would push
  2. tú you would push
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would push
  4. nosotros we would push
  5. vosotros Spain you all would push
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would push

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I push
  2. tú (that) you push
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she push
  4. nosotros (that) we push
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all push
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they push

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I pushed
  2. tú (if) you pushed
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she pushed
  4. nosotros (if) we pushed
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all pushed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they pushed

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú push!
  2. usted push! (formal)
  3. nosotros push! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain push! (all of you)
  5. ustedes push! (all of you)

How to use pujar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    La partera dice cuándo puja la mamá.

    The midwife says when the mother pushes.

  2. Past

    Rocío pujó durante casi una hora, con mucha fuerza.

    Rocío pushed for almost an hour, very hard.

  3. Imperfect

    Mientras pujaba, su esposo le sostenía la mano.

    While she pushed, her husband held her hand.

  4. Future

    ¿Cuándo pujaré, doctora? ¿Ya falta poco?

    When do I push, doctor? Is it close now?

  5. Conditional

    Sin la epidural, pujaría con mucho más dolor.

    Without the epidural, she'd push in much more pain.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que puje solo cuando sienta la contracción.

    I want you to push only when you feel the contraction.

  7. Past subjunctive

    La doctora le pidió que pujara más despacio.

    The doctor asked her to push more slowly.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Puje con todas sus fuerzas, ya viene la bebé!

    Push with all your strength, the baby is coming!

Good to know

  • "¡Puje!" is what the doctor or the midwife says; at an auction "pujar" is to bid.

Where you hear pujar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

  • La mamá puja con cada contracción. The mother pushes with each contraction.
  • Pujé dos horas. I pushed for two hours.
  • Ahora va a pujar muy fuerte. Now you're going to push very hard.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Puje, Valeria, ya casi está. Push, Valeria, nearly there.
  • Pujé durante una hora. I pushed for an hour.
  • Cuando venga la contracción, va a pujar. When the contraction comes, you're going to push.
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It's a Girl!

Intermediate Level 2 · Puje.

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If You Tell Me to Breathe

Advanced Level 2 · ¡Puje! · ¡Puja!

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.