spegnere

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (traditional, transitive) to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)
  2. (traditional, transitive) to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)
  3. (figuratively, traditional, transitive) to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)
  4. (traditional, transitive) to quench (thirst)

Opposto di
accendere
Frequenza

B2
Con il trattino come
spé‧gne‧re
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

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