matar

Significat

1. (transitive) to kill
2. (pronominal) to accidentally kill oneself
3. (pronominal) to commit suicide
4. (figuratively,pronominal) to kill oneself (exert oneself)
5. (transitive) to extinguish, turn off, quench

Amb guionet com

ma‧tar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/maˈtaɾ/

Etimologia

From Old Galician-Portuguese matar, most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus.