Dictionary
matar
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
- to kill oneself, to commit suicide
- to be killed, to meet one’s death
- to become galled, to become chafed, to get sores (said of horses)
- to wear oneself out
Hyphenated as
ma‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈtaɾ/
Inherited from Latin
mactō
Cognate with English
mactate
Cognate with Catalan
matar
Cognate with English
checkmate
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