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How to Say ‘I turned it off and on again.’ in Italian

L'ho spenta e riaccesa.

l oh SPEN-tah eh ree-ah-CHEH-zah

[l oh SPEN-tah eh ree-ah-CHEH-zah]

💬 Usage Tip: spenta and riaccesa end in -a because "it" here is la caldaia "the boiler", which is feminine. For a masculine thing, you'd say l'ho spento e riacceso.

Phrase Breakdown

L'ho spenta

l oh SPEN-tah

I turned it off

'L'' refers to 'la caldaia', so the participle is feminine: 'spenta'. 'L'ho' sounds like 'lo'.

Example

La luce? L'ho spenta.

The light? I turned it off.

Words in this phrase

[l]

Shortened 'la' (it) before a vowel, as an object pronoun.

Example

La borsa? L'ho comprata ieri.

The bag? I bought it yesterday.

[oh]

I have

First person singular of avere, used with a past participle to form the present perfect.

Example

Ho parlato con tre aziende oggi.

I have spoken with three companies today.

spenta

[SPEN-tah]

turned off

Feminine past participle of 'spegnere', to switch off.

Example

La luce è spenta.

The light is off.

e riaccesa.

eh ree-ah-CHEH-zah

and back on again.

'Riaccesa' is the feminine past participle of 'riaccendere'. Say ria-CHE-sa.

Example

L'ho spenta e riaccesa.

I turned it off and on again.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

A conjunction used to connect ideas or qualities.

Example

Nella frase E collaborativa, E aggiunge una seconda qualità positiva dell'azienda.

In the phrase 'E collaborativa,' 'E' adds a second positive quality of the company.

riaccesa

[ree-ah-CHEH-zah]

turned back on

Feminine past participle of 'riaccendere'.

Example

L'ho riaccesa stamattina.

I turned it back on this morning.

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