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matar

Sentences

An user

Solo puedo matar
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a los vivos ".

I can only kill the living. ”

An user

Leo
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es visto usando un poder parecido a un rayo para matar
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a Gideon.

Leo is seen using a lightning-like power to kill Gideon.

Meaning

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

quiten

tener relaciones sexuales

golpear contra algo

cortar la carne

cortar la garganta

ahorcar a alguien

estrangular con la mano

romper la nuca

apagar la luz

extingir

hacer morir

contrafallar

locución verbal

quiñar

σκοτώνω

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ma‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈtaɾ/

Inherited from Latin

mactō

Cognate with English

mactate

Cognate with Portuguese

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Cognate with Catalan

matar

Cognate with Italian

mattare

Cognate with Italian

ammazzare

Cognate with English

checkmate

In summary

Several possibilities: * From Latin mactāre (through a Vulgar Latin *mattāre). Thus, a potential cognate with English mactate. * From Vulgar Latin *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus. Compare Portuguese and Catalan matar, archaic Italian mattare. * From Spanish mazar, in turn from maza (“mace, club”); compare Italian ammazzare (“to kill”). * From Arabic مَاتَ (māta, “to die”), compare Persian مات (mât), the probable source of the second part of English checkmate.

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