mungere

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Italian

Alternative forms

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
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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

    Conjugation of mùngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mùngere
auxiliary verb avére gerund mungèndo
present participle mungènte past participle mùnto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mùngo mùngi mùnge mungiàmo mungéte mùngono
imperfect mungévo mungévi mungéva mungevàmo mungevàte mungévano
past historic mùnsi mungésti mùnse mungémmo mungéste mùnsero
future mungerò mungerài mungerà mungerémo mungeréte mungerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mungerèi mungerésti mungerèbbe, mungerébbe mungerémmo mungeréste mungerèbbero, mungerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mùnga mùnga mùnga mungiàmo mungiàte mùngano
imperfect mungéssi mungéssi mungésse mungéssimo mungéste mungéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mùngi mùnga mungiàmo mungéte mùngano
negative imperative non mùngere non mùnga non mungiàmo non mungéte non mùngano

Derived terms

Further reading

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