"spegnere" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re/, /ˈspɛɲ.ɲe.re/
Rhymes: -eɲɲere, (traditional) -ɛɲɲere Etymology: From Latin expingere, from ex- (“out”) + pingere (“paint”), with a semantic change from 'remove colour/color' to 'fade, dim', probably influenced by extingere. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|expingo|expingere}} Latin expingere, {{m|la|ex-|t=out}} ex- (“out”), {{m|la|pingo|pingere|t=paint}} pingere (“paint”), {{m|la|extinguo|extingere}} extingere Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} 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) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a\@}} Forms: spégnere [canonical], spègnere [canonical], spéngo [first-person, present, singular], spèngo [first-person, present, singular, traditional], spénsi [first-person, historic, past, singular], spènsi [first-person, historic, past, singular, traditional], spénto [participle, past], spènto [participle, past, traditional], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], spégnere [infinitive], spègnere [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], spegnèndo [gerund], spegnènte [participle, present], spénto [participle, past], spènto [participle, past], spéngo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], spèngo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], spégni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], spègni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], spégne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], spègne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], spegniàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], spegnéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], spéngono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], spèngono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], spegnévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], spegnévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], spegnéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], spegnevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], spegnevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], spegnévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], spénsi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], spènsi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], spegnésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], spénse [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], spènse [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], spegnémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], spegnéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], spénsero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], spènsero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], spegnerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], spegnerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], spegnerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], spegnerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], spegneréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], spegnerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], spegnerèi [conditional, first-person, present, singular], spegnerésti [conditional, present, second-person, singular], spegnerèbbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], spegnerébbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], spegnerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural, present], spegneréste [conditional, plural, present, second-person], spegnerèbbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], spegnerébbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], spénga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], spènga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], spénga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], spènga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], spénga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], spènga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], spegniàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], spegniàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], spéngano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], spèngano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], spegnéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], spegnéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], spegnésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], spegnéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], spegnéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], spegnéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], spégni [imperative, second-person, singular], spègni [imperative, second-person, singular], spénga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spènga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spegniàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], spegnéte [imperative, plural, second-person], spéngano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], spèngano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], spégnere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], spègnere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], spénga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spènga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], spegniàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], spegnéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], spéngano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], spèngano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.) Tags: traditional, transitive
    Sense id: en-spegnere-it-verb-Z8PkCW2E Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 28 35 14
  2. to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.) Tags: traditional, transitive
    Sense id: en-spegnere-it-verb-qGdQS0LH Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 28 35 14 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 24 41 19 15 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 26 38 20 16
  3. (figurative) to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.) Tags: figuratively, traditional, transitive
    Sense id: en-spegnere-it-verb-h4nzSagU Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 34 44 14 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 11 25 54 11 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 28 35 14 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 17 30 41 12 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 14 29 47 10
  4. to quench (thirst) Tags: traditional, transitive
    Sense id: en-spegnere-it-verb-VaMjXZ7s Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 28 35 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spengere Related terms: spegnersi, spegnibile, spegnimento, spegnitoio, spegnitore, spegnitura

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "spégne",
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    },
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      "form": "spegniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "spegnévo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "spegnévi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "spegnéva",
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegneréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerémmo",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegneréste",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnerèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spènga",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spénga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spénga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegniàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spéngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spégni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spègni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spénga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spéngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spégnere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spègnere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spénga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
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      "form": "spènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spéngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spégnere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spègnere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spénga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegnéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spéngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a\\@"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spé‧gne‧re"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a\\@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spegnersi"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegnibile"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegnimento"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegnitoio"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegnitore"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegnitura"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accendere"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Turn off the light!",
          "text": "Spegni la luce!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn off (a light, motor, television, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn off",
          "turn off"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "traditional",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The firefighters extinguished the flames.",
          "text": "I vigili del fuoco hanno spento le fiamme.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to extinguish, to put out (a fire, candle, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extinguish",
          "extinguish"
        ],
        [
          "put out",
          "put out"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "traditional",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extinguish",
          "extinguish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to extinguish (a controversy, debt, one's anger, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "traditional",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to quench (thirst)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quench",
          "quench"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "traditional",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛɲ.ɲe.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɲɲere"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(traditional) -ɛɲɲere"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "spengere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegnere"
}

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