mata

Meaning

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matar

to kill, slay
to put out, extinguish (a flame or light)
to butcher
to injure, damage
to fatigue, exhaust, tire out
to dull (render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish)
to round off
to ruin
(colloquial) to kill (to annoy)
(colloquial) to kill (to get mad at)
(colloquial) to kill (to amaze, exceed, stun)
(colloquial) to beat (to be better than)
to postmark
(reflexive) to kill oneself, to commit suicide
(reflexive) to be killed, to meet one’s death
(reflexive) to become galled, to become chafed, to get sores (said of horses)
(reflexive) to wear oneself out

physical body

mata de planta

planta de tallo bajo

hierba alimenticia

hierba comestible

hoja de nabo

mata charneca

θάμνος

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ma‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmata/

Perhaps from Late Latin matta (“floormat, doormat”).

Related words

ataca muere matado destruye dispara

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