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spegnere.

to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re//ˈspɛɲ.ɲe.re/traditional
  1. to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)

    error-lua-exec · traditional · transitive
    Spegni la luce!
  2. to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)

    error-lua-exec · traditional · transitive
    I vigili del fuoco hanno spento le fiamme.
  3. to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)

    error-lua-exec · figuratively · traditional · transitive
  4. to quench (thirst)

    error-lua-exec · traditional · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin expingere, from ex- (“out”) + pingo (“paint”), with a semantic change from “remove colour” to “fade, dim”, probably influenced by extingere.

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