spengo

Spengo is the first-person singular present indicative form of the Italian verb spegnere, which means to turn off or extinguish. It is used in everyday speech to indicate that the speaker is turning off a light, a device, or a fire. The verb belongs to the -ere group and has the stem speng- in present tense, with the suffix -o.

Etymology: Spegnere derives from Latin exstinguere or extinguere, related to the idea of putting something out. The modern Italian forms evolve from this Latin lineage, yielding spegni, spegne, spegniamo, spegnete, spengono, and spengo as the first-person form.

Usage and forms: In ordinary language, io spengo is paired with objects introduced by a direct object: spengo la luce (I turn off the light), spengo il fuoco (I put out the fire). The imperative command to turn off something is typically spegni (you turn off), or spegna/spenga in formal contexts. In written translations of software and devices, the imperative 'Spegni' is the common label for a "turn off" action; 'Spengo' is rarely used as a button label.

Other uses: Outside grammar, 'spengo' occasionally appears in creative writing or branding as a verb form or as a coined name, but there is no widely recognized proper noun or entity officially associated with the term. As a result, 'spengo' is primarily encountered as a grammatical form rather than as a distinct topic.