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Italian
Etymology
From s- (intensive prefix) + mungere (“to milk”).
Pronunciation
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
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Further reading
- smungere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana