matar

Signification (Anglais)

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

Coupé comme

ma‧tar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/maˈtaɾ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.