spegnere

Etymology
From, from + , with a semantic change from 'remove colour/color' to 'fade, dim', probably influenced by.

Verb

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