emunger

Borrowed from Latin ēmungere (“to wipe or blow the nose”).

• IPA^(key): /emunˈxeɾ/ [e.mũŋˈxeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mun‧ger

emunger (first-person singular present emunjo, first-person singular preterite emungí, past participle emungido)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to blow one's nose

   Synonym: sonar la nariz

2. (intransitive, reflexive) to wipe one's nose

   Synonym: limpiar la nariz

3. (transitive, by extension, of nasal mucus) to treat with a softening agent, such as a saline nasal spray (see emungente)
4. (transitive, by extension, of a rhinolithic nidus) to treat with a softening agent (see emungente)
5. (intransitive) to have rhinorrhoea, a runny nose
6. (intransitive) to drip or flow from the nose