extinguieron
Extinguir is a Spanish verb meaning to extinguish, to put out a fire or light, and more broadly to suppress, terminate, or abolish something such as a debt, a right, or a claim. It is used in physical, legal, and figurative contexts, and its third-person plural preterite form extinguieron is used to denote a completed action in the past with sujetos like ellos or ustedes.
Conjugation (selected forms) serves as a concise reference. In the present indicative: yo extinguo, tú extingues,
Etymology and related terms: extinguír derives from Latin extinguere, formed with ex- meaning out and a root
Usage notes: Extinguir covers both concrete actions (putting out a fire or lights) and abstract outcomes (extinguishing
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