extinguiéndose
Spanish, verb[ekst̪ĩŋˈgjẽn̪d̪ose]
extinguiéndose is spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-É-N-D-O-S-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extinguiéndose is a Spanish verb meaning “gerund of extinguir combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gerundio de extinguir, con el pronombre «se» enclítico”.
What does extinguiéndose mean in English?
verb
- 1
gerund of extinguir combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gerundio de extinguir, con el pronombre «se» enclítico.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce extinguiéndose?
- [ekst̪ĩŋˈgjẽn̪d̪ose]
- [ekst̪ĩŋgiˈẽn̪d̪ose]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is extinguiéndose in Spanish?
extinguiéndose appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).