matar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to kill
2. (pronominal) to accidentally kill oneself
3. (pronominal) to commit suicide
4. (figuratively,pronominal) to kill oneself (exert oneself)
5. (transitive) to extinguish, turn off, quench

Hyphenated as

ma‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈtaɾ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese matar, most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus.