ordeñar
Meaning
- to milk (to express milk from a mammal)
- (colloquial,figuratively) to milk (get the most advantage out of someone or something)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
or‧de‧ñar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oɾdeˈɲaɾ/
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ordiniāre, itself from Latin ōrdināre, or from *ordinium, from ōrdō, ōrdinis. Compare Portuguese ordenhar, Sardinian ordinzare; cf. also Italian ordigno. Doublet of ordenar.
Related words
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "ordeñar" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
Go to our Spanish course page
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
