extingir

Meaning

1. (transitive) to extinguish
2. (transitive) to make extinct, to wipe out
3. (intransitive, pronominal) to extinguish, to go out, to die out

Concepts

extinguish

quench

put out

stub

stop

🛑

abate

discontinue

end

🔚

halt

lift

prorogue

quell

snuff out

staunch

nick

press out

stub out

crush out

detain

blow out

apprehend

conclude

finish

arrest

terminate

Synonyms

apagar

acabar

interrompre

plegar

arrestar

detenir

🛑

anar-se

finir

🔚

apagar-se

terminar

extingir-se

Translations

éteindre

extinguir

extinguir

apagar

löschen

auslöschen

apagar

vekuştin

doven

tefandin

estinguere

uitdoven

spegnere

blussen

uitblussen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əks.tiɲˈʒi]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: exstinguō

In summary

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