matar

Pronunciation: /maˈtaɾ/

“matar” is a Spanish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

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
to kill (to annoy)
to kill (to get mad at)
to kill (to amaze, exceed, stun)
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

In Spanish

Quitar la vida.
Ocasionar la muerte.
Destruir algo inmaterial.
Acabar con la paciencia de alguien.
Perjudicar la salud, dañar.
Fatigar en exceso.
Causar una gran sorpresa.
Apagar el fuego, lumbre o luz.
Volver más opaco o débil un color o un brillo.
Calmar la sed o el hambre.
Quitarle fuerza al yeso o la cal agregándole agua.
Ocasionar llagas la montura, el apero, correas u otra cosa, al caballo (o al animal de tiro, carga o de monta).

Etymology

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”),…

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