To shut off in Italian 🇮🇹

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Tips to Remember:
• Notice the “speng-” root, which appears in almost every conjugation (spengo, spegni, spengono). Think of switching off a light: when you “spengo” something, you remove its glow.
• Associate “spegnere” with “spegni” (the command form in informal speech) as if you’re telling someone, “Turn it off!”

Explanations:
• “Spegnere” means “to shut off” or “to turn off,” typically referring to lights, machines, or fires.
• It’s an irregular verb in that its stems change in different tenses.
• Synonyms include “estinguere” (often used for extinguishing flames) and “disattivare” (for deactivating electronic devices).

Conjugations:

Infinitive: spegnere
• Gerund: spegnendo
• Past Participle: spento

Indicative Present:
• io spengo – I turn off
• tu spegni – you turn off
• lui/lei spegne – he/she turns off
• noi spegniamo – we turn off
• voi spegnete – you (plural) turn off
• loro spengono – they turn off

Passato Prossimo (using auxiliary “avere”):
• io ho spento – I turned off
• tu hai spento – you turned off
• lui/lei ha spento – he/she turned off
• noi abbiamo spento – we turned off
• voi avete spento – you (plural) turned off
• loro hanno spento – they turned off

Indicative Imperfect:
• io spegnevo – I was turning off/I used to turn off
• tu spegnevi – you were turning off
• lui/lei spegneva – he/she was turning off
• noi spegnevamo – we were turning off
• voi spegnevate – you (plural) were turning off
• loro spegnevano – they were turning off

Future Simple:
• io spegnerò – I will turn off
• tu spegnerai – you will turn off
• lui/lei spegnerà – he/she will turn off
• noi spegneremo – we will turn off
• voi spegnerete – you (plural) will turn off
• loro spegneranno – they will turn off

Conditional Present:
• io spegnerei – I would turn off
• tu spegnaresti – you would turn off
• lui/lei spegnerebbe – he/she would turn off
• noi spegneremmo – we would turn off
• voi spegnereste – you (plural) would turn off
• loro spegnerebbero – they would turn off

Subjunctive Present:
• che io spenga
• che tu spenga
• che lui/lei spenga
• che noi spegniamo
• che voi spegniate
• che loro spengano

Examples in Sentences:
• Quando esci dalla stanza, ricordati di spengere la luce.
Translation: When you leave the room, remember to turn off the light.
• Ho spento il computer prima di andare a letto.
Translation: I turned off the computer before going to bed.
• Se il fuoco diventa pericoloso, devi spegnerlo immediatamente.
Translation: If the fire becomes dangerous, you must shut it off immediately.
• Domani spegneremo la macchina per fare una manutenzione.
Translation: Tomorrow we will shut off the machine for maintenance.

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