extingir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstinguere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.tiɲˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eks.tiɲˈd͡ʒiɾ]

Verb

extingir (first-person singular present extingeixo, first-person singular preterite extingí, past participle extingit)

1. (transitive) to extinguish

   Synonym: apagar

2. (transitive) to make extinct, to wipe out
3. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to extinguish, to go out, to die out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extingir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			extingir
gerund			extingint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extingit		extingida
		plural		extingits		extingides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extingeixo	extingeixes	extingeix	extingim	extingiu	extingeixen
	imperfect	extingia	extingies	extingia	extingíem	extingíeu	extingien
	future	extingiré	extingiràs	extingirà	extingirem	extingireu	extingiran
	preterite	extingí	extingires	extingí	extingírem	extingíreu	extingiren
	conditional	extingiria	extingiries	extingiria	extingiríem	extingiríeu	extingirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extingeixi	extingeixis	extingeixi	extingim	extingiu	extingeixin
	imperfect	extingís	extingissis	extingís	extingíssim	extingíssiu	extingissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	extingeix	extingeixi	extingim	extingiu	extingeixin
	negative (no)	—	no extingeixis	no extingeixi	no extingim	no extingiu	no extingeixin

Related terms

• extinció
• extint
• distingir

Further reading

• “extingir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.