B2🔤 Letters D & E
Italian word
estinguere
to extinguish, to put out (fire); to pay off (a debt)
Looks like
to extinguish
to put out a fire; to destroy completely
⚠️ The trap
Good match for fires. But 'estinguere un debito/mutuo' = 'to pay off a debt/mortgage' — a financial usage English 'extinguish' rarely has outside legal/formal contexts.
To say "to put out a fire; to destroy completely" in Italian:
estinguere
"estinguere" in English means:
to extinguish, to put out (fire); to pay off (a debt)
Example
"Ho estinto il mutuo."
"I paid off the mortgage."
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