mungere

Italian

Alternative forms

  • mugnere (archaic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin mungere, from Classical Latin mulgēre (to milk), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmun.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -undʒere
  • Hyphenation: mùn‧ge‧re
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

mùngere (first-person singular present mùngo, first-person singular past historic mùnsi, past participle mùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to milk
  2. (transitive, figurative) to steal
    Synonyms: sfruttare, spremere

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • mungere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana