pungo

Italian

Verb

pungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pungere

Anagrams

• pugno, pugnò

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Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *peuḱ- (“prick, punch”). Near cognates include Ancient Greek πυγμή (pygmē, “fist”).

Verb

present active pungō, present infinitive pungere, perfect active pupugī, supine punctum.

1. I prick, puncture, sting

Inflection

Reduplicative Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pungō	pungis	pungit	pungimus	pungitis	pungunt
	future	pungam	pungēs	punget	pungēmus	pungētis	pungent
	imperfect	pungēbam	pungēbās	pungēbat	pungēbāmus	pungēbātis	pungēbant
	perfect	pupugī	pupugistī	pupugit	pupugimus	pupugistis	pupugērunt
	future perfect	pupugerō	pupugeris	pupugerit	pupugerimus	pupugeritis	pupugerint
	pluperfect	pupugeram	pupugerās	pupugerat	pupugerāmus	pupugerātis	pupugerant
passive	present	pungor	pungeris	pungitur	pungimur	pungiminī	punguntur
	future	pungar	pungēris	pungētur	pungēmur	pungēminī	pungentur
	imperfect	pungēbar	pungēbāris	pungēbātur	pungēbāmur	pungēbāminī	pungēbantur
	perfect	Use punctus m, puncta f, punctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use punctus m, puncta f, punctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use punctus m, puncta f, punctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pungam	pungās	pungat	pungāmus	pungātis	pungant
	imperfect	pungerem	pungerēs	pungeret	pungerēmus	pungerētis	pungerent
	perfect	pupugerim	pupugerīs	pupugerit	pupugerīmus	pupugerītis	pupugerint
	pluperfect	pupugissem	pupugissēs	pupugisset	pupugissēmus	pupugissētis	pupugissent
passive	present	pungar	pungāris	pungātur	pungāmur	pungāminī	pungantur
	imperfect	pungerer	pungerēris	pungerētur	pungerēmur	pungerēminī	pungerentur
	perfect	Use punctus m, puncta f, punctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use punctus m, puncta f, punctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	punge	pungitō	pungitō	pungere	pungitor	pungitor
	plural	pungite	pungitōte	punguntō	pungiminī	—	punguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pungere	pupugisse	punctūrus esse	pungī	punctus esse	punctum īrī
participles		pungēns (pungentis)	—	punctūrus-ra, -rum	—	punctus-a, -um	pungendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• expungō
• impungō

Descendants

Aromanian: pungu, pundziri English: poignant French: poindre Italian: pungere Portuguese: pungir

Romanian: împunge, punge Romansch: punscher Sardinian: púnghere Spanish: pungir, puñir

See also

• pugnō