extingar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English extinguish, French éteindre, Italian estinguere, Spanish extinguir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekstinˈɡar/, /eɡztinˈɡar/

Verb

extingar (present tense extingas, past tense extingis, future tense extingos, imperative extingez, conditional extingus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to extinguish, put out (of fire or light), turn off (electricity)
   • J. Houillon, "La muzikisti dil urbo Bremen", in Kolekturo de rakonti da Le Grimm, 1928.

     Kande la quar muzikisti par-festinabis, li extingis la lampi e serchis repozeyi, singlu segun sua naturo e sua gusti.

     When the four musicians had feasted, they put out the lamps and sought places to rest, each according to its nature and its tastes.

   Voluntez extingar la fairo.

   Please extinguish the flame.

   Ka tu povas extingar la televiziono?

   Can you turn off the TV?

2. (figuratively) to end, cancel, to go out

   La biro extingis mea dursto perfekte.

   The beer quenched my thirst perfectly.

   Li extingis la debo.

   They canceled the debt.

3. to exterminate (of organisms)

   La bombo extingis tota raso.

   The bomb exterminated a whole race.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extingar

		present		past		future
infinitive		extingar		extingir		extingor
tense		extingas		extingis		extingos
conditional		extingus
imperative		extingez
adjective active participle		extinganta		extinginta		extingonta
adverbial active participle		extingante		extinginte		extingonte
nominal active participle	singular	extinganto		extinginto		extingonto
	plural	extinganti		extinginti		extingonti
adjective passive participle		extingata		extingita		extingota
adverbial passive participle		extingate		extingite		extingote
nominal passive participle	singular	extingato		extingito		extingoto
	plural	extingati		extingiti		extingoti

Antonyms

• acendar

Derived terms

• extingilo (“extinguisher”)