extinguir
Spanish, verb/eɡstinˈɡiɾ/
extinguir is spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-R (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extinguir is a Spanish verb meaning “to extinguish, to put out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acabar con algo de forma que cese gradualmente, que desaparezca de a poco”.
What does extinguir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extinguish, to put out
- 2
to carry out (a task, etc.)
- 3
to go extinct, to die out
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acabar con algo de forma que cese gradualmente, que desaparezca de a poco. 2. Apagar lo que arde o brilla: el fuego, la luz, la llama. 3. Acabar con la vigencia de una obligación o plazo.
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.
Forms of extinguir
- extingo first-person present singular
- extinguí first-person preterite singular
- extinguido participle past
- g-gu alternation
- extinguiendo gerund
- extinguida feminine participle past
- extinguidos masculine participle past
- extinguidas feminine participle past
- extingues indicative informal present
- extinguís indicative informal present
- extingue indicative present singular
- extinguimos first-person indicative plural
- extinguen indicative plural present
- extinguía first-person imperfect indicative
- extinguías imperfect indicative second-person
- extinguíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- extinguíais imperfect indicative plural
- extinguían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extinguir?
- /eɡstinˈɡiɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.t̪ĩŋˈɡiɾ]
- [ekst̪ĩŋˈgiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extinguir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extinguir in Spanish?
extinguir appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).