accendere
Accendere is an Italian verb meaning to turn on or light a source of light or heat, and more broadly to ignite or start something. The core senses include lighting a lamp or fire (accendere una lampada, accendere un camino), starting a device or engine (accendere il motore, accendere la televisione), and figurative uses such as provoking or arousing interest, passion, or discussion (accendere una discussione, accendere l’interesse). The verb can also appear intransitively in phrases like si è acceso/si è accesa to indicate emergence or ignition of something, and reflexively in accendersi for things that catch fire or become animated.
Etymology: accendere derives from Latin accendere, formed from ad- “toward” and candere “to glow, burn,” evolving
Conjugation and forms: accendere belongs to the -ere verbs and shows irregularity in several forms. Present
See also: accensione (act of turning on), illuminare (to illuminate), accensione elettrica.