extinto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• extincto (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/, /esˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/, /esˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/, /eʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈt͡ʃĩ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈtĩ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈtĩ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈtĩ.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈtĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃˈtĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Hyphenation: ex‧tin‧to

Adjective

extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)

1. (of fire) extinguished (no longer alight)
2. (chiefly biology) extinct (having died out)
3. (volcanology) extinct (no longer erupting)
4. dead

   Synonym: morto

Related terms

• extinção

 

Noun

extinto m (plural extintos)

1. dead person

   Synonym: finado

Participle

extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)

1. past participle of extinguir

Further reading

• “extinto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “extinto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “extinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “extinto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “extinto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “extinto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈtinto/ [eɣ̞sˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ex‧tin‧to

Adjective

extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)

1. extinct
2. dead

   Synonym: muerto

Related terms

• extinguir

 

Further reading

• “extinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014