spegnere
Meaning
- (traditional, transitive) to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)
- (traditional, transitive) to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)
- (figuratively, traditional, transitive) to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)
- (traditional, transitive) to quench (thirst)
Concepts
Opposite of
accendere
Synonyms
ramm’rì
spegnere con acqua
Translations
éteindre
apagar
auslöschen
extinguir
apagar
uitdoven
temirandin
σβήνωFrequency
Hyphenated as
spé‧gne‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re/
Etymology
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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