extinto
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.
Adjective
extinto m (feminine singular extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas, comparable)
- (of fire) extinguished (no longer alight)
- (chiefly biology) extinct (having died out)
- (volcanology) extinct (no longer erupting)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eksˈtinto/, [eksˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]
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Further reading
- “extinto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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