matar

Significado (inglés)

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

Guionizado como

ma‧tar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/maˈtaɾ/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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.