smungere
Italian
Alternative forms
- smugnere (archaic)
Etymology
From s- (intensive prefix) + mungere (“to milk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzmun.d͡ʒe.re/
- Rhymes: -undʒere
- Hyphenation: smùn‧ge‧re
Verb
smùngere (first-person singular present smùngo, first-person singular past historic smùnsi, past participle smùnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to milk completely
- (figurative) to use the last drop of
Conjugation
Conjugation of smùngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- smungitore
- smunto
Further reading
- smungere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana