extinguir
Portuguese, verb/is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/
extinguir is spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-R (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extinguir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to extinguish, quench” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apagar (fogo, luz, etc.)”.
What does extinguir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extinguish, quench
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apagar (fogo, luz, etc.) 2. eliminar da existência 3. liquidar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of extinguir
- extingo first-person present singular
- extingui first-person preterite singular
- extinguido participle past
- extinto participle past short-form
- g-gu alternation
- extinguires infinitive second-person singular
- extinguirmos first-person infinitive plural
- extinguirdes infinitive plural second-person
- extinguirem infinitive plural third-person
- extinguindo gerund
- extintos masculine participle past
- extinta feminine participle past
- extintas feminine participle past
- extinguidos long-form masculine participle
- extinguida feminine long-form participle
- extinguidas feminine long-form participle
- extingues indicative present second-person
- extingue indicative present singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extinguir?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(h)]
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃĩˈɡi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
extinguir appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).