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
- (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
Concepts
quiten
set aright
shoot dead
turn off
cut the throat of
skin an animal
without intention
break the neck
kill slay
Synonyms
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
quiñar
camotillo
cafetear
hacerse con algo
achiar
felpar
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ma‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈtaɾ/
Etymology
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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