extinguir Negative Imperative Conjugation
extinguir — to extinguish
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.
extinguir Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to put something out or NOT to let something die out.
Notes on extinguir in the Negative Imperative
All negative commands for this verb follow the present subjunctive spelling change (dropping the 'u' before 'a').
Example Sentences
No extingas la llama de la esperanza.
Don't extinguish the flame of hope.
tú
No extingan el fuego todavía, hace frío.
Don't put out the fire yet, it's cold.
No extingamos la curiosidad de los niños.
Let's not extinguish children's curiosity.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'no extingues' for the negative tú command.
Correct: no extingas
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive ending (-as for -ir verbs).
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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.
Future
yo: extinguiré
The future tense of extinguir is regular, formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: extinguiré, extinguirás, etc.
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.