mata

Meaning

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matar

(transitive) to kill (to cause to die)
(figuratively, transitive) to kill; to eradicate; to destroy
(figuratively, informal, transitive) to kill (to cause extreme pain, distress or exhaustion in)
(transitive) to kill (to write a story that conveys the death of)
(figuratively, transitive) to satisfy, to satiate, to quench (to fulfil an emotional or physiological need)
(reflexive) to commit suicide
(figuratively, reflexive) to break one's back (to make a great effort)
(colloquial, transitive) to spend [a period of time] doing unimportant things
(Brazil, slang, transitive) to skip (not to be present in a class)
(informal, transitive) to solve (to find the solution to a mystery)
(Brazil, slang, transitive) to consume something entirely (especially an alcoholic drink); to knock down
(transitive) to stop a moving ball
(transitive) to pocket (to cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table)

coppiced woodland

natural forest

floresta natural

Selva

δάσος

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈma.tɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese mata, possibly from Late Latin matta (“reed mat”).

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