Meaning
to milk
- to draw milk from a cow, goat, or other female animal
- to exploit someone ruthlessly for money or resources (figurative)
In a sentence
Il contadino si sveglia all'alba per mungere le mucche.
The farmer wakes up at dawn to milk the cows.
Hai mai provato a mungere una capra a mano?
Have you ever tried milking a goat by hand?
Non permettere a quella società di mungerti fino all'ultimo centesimo.
Don't let that company milk you down to the last cent.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mungere | infinitive |
| mungo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mungi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| munge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mungiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mungete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mungono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mungevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mungevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mungeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mungevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mungevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mungevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| munsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mungesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| munse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mungemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mungeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| munsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mungerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mungerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mungerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mungeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mungerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mungeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| munga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| munga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| munga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mungiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mungiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mungano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mungessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mungesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mungessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mungeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mungessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mungerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mungeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mungerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mungeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mungereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mungerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mungi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mungiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mungete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mungendo | gerund |
| munto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Irregular remote past ('munsi') and past participle ('munto'). Uses 'avere'.
- past participle munto