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spegnere

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin expingere, from ex- (out) + pingere (paint), with a semantic change from 'remove colour/color' to 'fade, dim', probably influenced by extingere.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re/, (traditional) /ˈspɛɲ.ɲe.re/[2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɲɲere, (traditional) -ɛɲɲere
  • Hyphenation: spé‧gne‧re, (traditional) spè‧gne‧re

Verb

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spégnere or (traditional) spègnere (first-person singular present spéngo or (traditional) spèngo, first-person singular past historic spénsi or (traditional) spènsi, past participle spénto or (traditional) spènto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)
    Antonym: accendere
    Spegni la luce!
    Turn off the light!
  2. to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)
    I vigili del fuoco hanno spento le fiamme.
    The firefighters extinguished the flames.
  3. (figurative) to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)
  4. to quench (thirst)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ spegnere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ spegnere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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