Feminine
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matanza

Meaning

  1. (feminine) kill, killing (the act of killing)
  2. (feminine) massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people)
  3. (feminine) slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food)
  4. (feminine, obsolete, possibly) a place where animals are slaughtered

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ma‧tan‧za
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈtanθa/
Etymology

From matar (“to kill”) + -anza.

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