extinguir Future Conjugation
extinguir — to extinguish
The future tense of extinguir is regular, formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: extinguiré, extinguirás, etc.
extinguir Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future to predict when something will cease to exist or to state that a fire will be put out.
Notes on extinguir in the Future
Extinguir is regular in the future. You simply take the infinitive 'extinguir' and add the standard future endings.
Example Sentences
Si no las protegemos, estas plantas se extinguirán.
If we don't protect them, these plants will go extinct.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Extinguiré la fogata antes de salir del bosque.
I will extinguish the campfire before leaving the forest.
yo
¿Se extinguirá el sol algún día?
Will the sun burn out (extinguish) one day?
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Removing the -ir before adding endings.
Correct: extinguiré
Why: In the future tense, you must keep the full infinitive as the stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: extingo
The present tense of extinguir is mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to 'extingo' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Preterite
yo: extinguí
The preterite of extinguir is regular, focusing on completed actions like putting out a fire or a species going extinct.
Imperfect
yo: extinguía
The imperfect of extinguir is completely regular: extinguía, extinguías, extinguía, extinguíamos, extinguíais, extinguían.
Conditional
yo: extinguiría
The conditional of extinguir is regular: extinguiría, extinguirías, extinguiría, extinguiríamos, extinguiríais, extinguirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: extinga
The present subjunctive of extinguir changes the 'gu' to 'g' in all forms: extinga, extingas, extinga, extingamos, extingáis, extingan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: extinguiera
The imperfect subjunctive of extinguir follows the third-person plural preterite: extinguiera, extinguieras, extinguiera, extinguiéramos, extinguierais, extinguieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: extingue
The imperative of extinguir uses 'extingue' for informal tú and 'extinga' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no extingas
The negative imperative of extinguir always drops the 'u' to keep the hard 'g' sound: no extingas, no extinga, no extingamos, no extingáis, no extingan.