extinguir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō.

Verb

1. to extinguish, quench

Related terms

• distinguir
• extinção
• extinto

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstinˈɡiɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ĩŋˈɡiɾ]

Verb

1. to extinguish, to put out
2. to carry out (a task, etc.)
3. (reflexive) to go extinct, to die out
   • 2019 February 20, “Confirman la extinción del primer mamífero por culpa del cambio climático”, in El Nuevo Día‎^[1]:

     Antes de extinguirse, estos roedores eran los únicos mamíferos nativos de la Gran Barrera de Coral, ecosistema ubicado frente a la costa de Queensland en el noreste de Australia.

     Before going extinct, these rodents were the only mammals native to the Great Barrier Reef, an ecosystem located in front of the Queensland coast in northeast Australia.

Related terms

• distinguir (“to distinguish”)
• extinción (“extinction”)
• extinto (“extinct”)

 

Further reading

• “extinguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014