matar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • to put out, extinguish a flame or light
  • to kill, slay
  • 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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mactō (kill, slaughter), *mattō, *mattō, mattus (drunk, depressed).

Origin

Latin

mattus

Gloss

drunk, depressed

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

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