extinguir

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin extinguere.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(h)], /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(h)], /is.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(h)], /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ɾ)/, /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ɾ)/, /is.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ɾ)/, /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/ [iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(χ)], /eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/ [eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(χ)], /iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ʁ)/ [iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(χ)], /eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ʁ)/ [eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ɻ)/, /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡwi(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: ex‧tin‧guir

Verb

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extinguir (first-person singular present extingo, first-person singular preterite extingui, past participle extinguido, short past participle extinto)

  1. to extinguish, quench

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin extinguere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eɡstinˈɡiɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ĩŋˈɡiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧tin‧guir

Verb

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extinguir (first-person singular present extingo, first-person singular preterite extinguí, past participle extinguido)

  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.

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