extinguirse

extinguirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (fuego etc) to go out

2 (especie etc) to become extinct, die out

3 (amor) to die away

4 (plazo) to expire, run out

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VPR

1) [fuego] to go out

2) (Bio) to die out, become extinct

3) [contrato, plazo] to expire

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(v.) = die out, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), become + extinct, peter out

Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex. Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.

Ex. It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex. When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.

Ex. The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.

Ex. Forestry officials have created suntraps in one of the region's beauty spots to prevent a species of the ant family from becoming extinct.

Ex. Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.

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(v.) = die out, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), become + extinct, peter out

Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex: Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.

Ex: It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

Ex: When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.

Ex: The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.

Ex: Forestry officials have created suntraps in one of the region's beauty spots to prevent a species of the ant family from becoming extinct.

Ex: Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.

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■extinguirse verbo reflexivo
1 (el fuego) to go out
2 (una especie) to become extinct, die out: los lémures se están extinguiendo, lemurs are dying out
'extinguirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
extinguir
English:
die
- die down
- die out

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vpr

1. [fuego, incendio, luz] to go out;

[volcán] to become extinct

2. [animal, raza] to become extinct, to die out

3. [ruido] to die away

4. [afecto, entusiasmo, esperanzas] to die

5. [plazo] to expire

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extinguirse

v/r

1 BIO, ZO become extinct, die out

2 de fuego go out

3 de plazo expire

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vr

1) apagarse: to go out, to fade out

2) : to die out, to become extinct

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extinguirse vb

1. (fuego) to go out

2. (especie) to become extinct [pt. became; pp. become]

muchas especies se extinguirán many species will become extinct