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extintivo

Spanish, adjective[ekst̪ĩn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]

extintivo is spelled E-X-T-I-N-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extintivo is a Spanish adjective meaning “extinction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que produce una extinción, que extingue”.

What does extintivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    extinction

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que produce una extinción, que extingue. 2. Que produce la extinción de un derecho o de una acción.

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 extintivo

  • extintiva feminine
  • extintivos masculine plural
  • extintivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce extintivo?

  • [ekst̪ĩn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is extintivo in Spanish?

extintivo appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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