ordeñar

to milk

ordeñar(ohr-deh-nyahr)

transitive verb

1. (dairy farming)

a. to milk

Pedro ordeña vacas en el rancho desde que era niño.

Pedro has been milking cows at the ranch since he was a boy.

2. (olive picking)

a. to pick (olives)

Hay que ordeñar las aceitunas manualmente.

The olives have to be picked by hand.

b. to harvest (olives)

Es mucho mejor ordeñar las aceitunas a mano.

It's much better to harvest the olives by hand.

c. to handpick the olives from (olive trees)

Cuando las aceitunas están maduras, se ordeñan los olivos.

When the olives are ripe, they are handpicked from the olive trees.

3.

(colloquial)

(figurative)

(to take advantage of)

a. to milk

El gobernador tiene tanto dinero porque ha estado ordeñando al Estado.

The governor has all that money because he has been milking the state.

ordeñar

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to milk

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ordeñar

transitive verb

[+vaca, oveja] to milk; [+aceitunas] to harvest;