pungere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin pungō, from Proto-Italic *pungō, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (prick, punch). Cognate with French poindre, Romanian împunge.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pùngere (first-person singular present pùngo, first-person singular past historic pùnsi, past participle pùnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to prick
  2. (transitive) to sting, bite (of an insect, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to prickle, scratch

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Latin

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Verb

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pungēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of pungō

Verb

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pungere

  1. inflection of pungō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative