extinct

extinto

Que ya no tiene ningún miembro vivo, especialmente una especie animal o vegetal.

En inglés sencillo: Having no living members left, especially when talking about a type of animal or plant.

• The dodo is extinct.
• Many plants have become extinct.
• Scientists study the bones of extinct animals.

Sinónimos: died out

Antónimos: living, extant

Expresiones frecuentes: extinct species, become extinct, extinct animals

extinto, apagado

Volcán que ya no está activo y del que no se esperan nuevas erupciones.

En inglés sencillo: Describing a volcano that is no longer active and is not expected to erupt again.

• This volcano is extinct.
• We walked around the crater of an extinct volcano.
• The island contains several extinct volcanoes.

Sinónimos: dead

Antónimos: active

Expresiones frecuentes: extinct volcano, extinct volcanic cone

extinto, desaparecido

Que ya no existe o no se usa, especialmente una lengua, costumbre u organización.

En inglés sencillo: No longer existing or used, especially a language, custom, or organization.

• That custom is now extinct.
• Only a few texts survive in this extinct language.
• The book describes several extinct political institutions.

Sinónimos: defunct, obsolete, dead

Antónimos: existing

Expresiones frecuentes: extinct language, extinct custom, extinct institution