Dictionary Romanian – English

stinge



Verb tranzitiv
1. (focul, lumina)

to extinguish


2. (focul, lumina)

to put out


3. (o lumânare)

to blow out


4. (prin comutator)

to switch/turn off


5. (prin acoperire)

to quench


6. (gazul)

to turn off


7. (a reduce la tăcere)

to (reduce to) silence


8. (a reduce la tăcere)

to hush


9. (a calma)

to appease


10. (a calma)

to calm


11. (a calma)

to put/set...at rest


12. (a calma)

to allay


13. (a calma)

to quiet


14. fig. (a șterge)

to blot out


15. fig. (a șterge)

to extinguish


16. fig. (a șterge)

to efface


17. (a anula)

to annul


18. (a anula)

to cancel


19. (un proces, o acțiune)

to extinguish


20. (un proces, o acțiune)

to quash


21. fig. (a extermina)

to eradicate


22. fig. (a extermina)

to exterminate


23. fig. (a extermina)

to extirpate


24. (a distruge)

to destroy


25. (a distruge)

to annihilate


26. (a distruge)

to bring to nought


27. (a ucide)

to kill


28. (o datorie)

to extinguish


29. (o datorie)

to pay off


30. (o datorie)

to liquidate


31. (varul)

to slake


32. (varul)

to slack


33. metal.

to quench


34. (friptura)

to baste



Verb reflexiv
1. pas.

to be extinguished


2.

to v. I


3. (d. foc)

to burn out


4. (d. foc, lumină)

to go/die out


5. (d. sunete)

to die down/away


6. (a muri)

to die


7. (a muri)

to pass away


8.

to dwindle away/down


9. (d. plante)

to wither


10. (d. plante)

to fade


11. (d. plante)

to decay


12. (d. plante)

to perish


13. (d. plante)

to die (away)


14. (a fi în declin)

to be on the decline


15. (a fi în declin)

to peter out


16. (a nu mai fi)

to be over/gone/lost/dead


17. (a nu mai fi)

to havee vanished/disappeared


Expressions:
pasiunile se sting cu vremea  =  passions die away with age
i se stinge puterea  =  his strength fails
i se stinge puterea  =  strength gives out
ziua se stinge  =  the day is waning/on the wane
a-și stinge setea  =  to quench/slake/appease one's thirst
pop.  =  to cool one's coppers
a stinge urmele (cu gen.)  =  to efface/obliterate the traces of...
a stinge în bătaie/bătăi  =  to beat black and blue