estinguere
Italian
Alternative forms
- stinguere (archaic or obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō (possibly a semi-learned term).
Verb
estinguere
- (transitive) to put out, extinguish
- (transitive) to pay off (a debt)
- (transitive) to close (an account)
- (transitive) to quench
- (transitive) to slake