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/

 

• (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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “extinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “extinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “extinto”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “extinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “extinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. extinct
2. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: muerto

Related terms

• extinción
• extinguir

Further reading

• “extinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026