propel

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɛl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹəˈpel/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 P EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: առաջ մղել (aṙaǰ mġel) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Bulgarian: бутам (butam) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Bulgarian: тласкам (tlaskam) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Catalan: propulsar — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Chinese Mandarin: 推進 /推进 (tuījìn) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Czech: hnát — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Czech: pohánět — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Esperanto: propulsi — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Finnish: liikuttaa — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Finnish: kuljettaa — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Finnish: työntää — to cause to move in a certain direction
• French: propulser — to cause to move in a certain direction
• French: catapulter — to cause to move in a certain direction
• German: antreiben — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Ido: propulsar — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Ido: movar — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Italian: propellere — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Latin: prōpellō — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Māori: whakaneke — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Māori: tītoko — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Māori: whakawhana — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Portuguese: propulsar — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Russian: дви́гать (dvígatʹ) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Russian: продвига́ть (prodvigátʹ) — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Scottish Gaelic: spàrr — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Spanish: propeler — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Tocharian B: kärsk- — to cause to move in a certain direction
• Armenian: խթանել (xtʻanel) — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Bulgarian: карам (karam) — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Bulgarian: движа (dviža) — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Chinese Mandarin: 驅使 /驱使 (qūshǐ) — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Chinese Mandarin: 迫使 (pòshǐ) — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Czech: hnát — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Czech: pohánět — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Finnish: johdattaa — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• French: catapulter — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Italian: catapultare — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Italian: spingere — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir air adhart — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Spanish: propeler — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result
• Spanish: impulsar — to make to arrive to a certain situation or result