Asturian

Verb

matar (first-person singular indicative present mato, past participle matáu)

1. to kill

Conjugation

Related terms

• matar

Catalan

Etymology

Most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattare, from Latin mattus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

matar ‎(first-person singular present mato, past participle matat)

1. to kill

Conjugation

as cantar except for past participle (matat or mort)

Synonyms

• occir

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese matar, most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattare, from Latin mattus.

Verb

matar ‎(first-person singular present mato, first-person singular preterite matei, past participle matado)

1. to kill
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of matar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of matar

Conjugation

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mattar (obsolete)
• matá (eye dialect, Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese matar, most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattare, from Latin mattus. The unusual development of -ct- has led some to believe that this word is not from Latin, but an early Wanderwort from Arabic مَاتَ ‎(māta, “to die”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈta(ʁ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧tar

Verb

matar ‎(first-person singular present indicative mato, short past participle morto, long past participle matado)

1. to kill (to cause to die)

   Matou-lhe a tiros!‎

   He shot him dead! (literally: [He] killed him with gunshots!)

   A geada matará a plantação.‎

   The frost will kill the crop.

   Ela matou-se com a faca.‎

   She killed herself with the knife.

2. (figuratively, transitive) to kill; to eradicate; to destroy

   Matou-lhe as esperanças‎

   He killed his hopes.

3. (figuratively, informal, transitive) to kill (to cause extreme pain, distress or exhaustion in)

   Minhas pernas estão me matando‎

   My legs are killing me!

   Essas palavras matam!‎

   These words kill!

4. (transitive) to kill (to write a story that conveys the death of)

   Hobbes matara o positivismo acerca da revolução.‎

   Hobbes had killed the positivism surrounding the revolution.

5. (figuratively, transitive) to satisfy, to satiate, to quench (to fulfil an emotional or physiological need)

   Antes de matar meu desejo de caminhar, preciso matar minha sede.‎

   Before I satisfy my desire to walk, I need to quench my thirst.

6. (figuratively, takes a reflexive pronoun) to break one's back (to make a great effort)

   O homem se matava para sustentar a família.‎

   The man broke his back providing for his family.

7. (colloquial, transitive) to spend [a period of time] doing unimportant things

   A escola ficou fechada hoje; tive o dia inteiro para matar.‎

   School was closed today; I had the entire day to goof around.

8. (Brazil, slang, transitive) to skip (not to be present in a class)

   Os alunos mataram a aula de geografia.‎

   The students skipped geography class.

9. (informal, transitive) to solve (to find the solution to a mystery)

   Finalmente matei a charada.‎

   I have finally solved the riddle.

10. (Brazil, slang, transitive) to consume something entirely (especially an alcoholic drink); to knock down

    Matamos uns cascos para relaxar.‎

    We knocked down a few forties to relax.

11. (sports, transitive) to stop a moving ball

    Passei de longe para o atacante, que matou a bola no peito.‎

    I passed the ball to the striker from a distance; he then stopped it with his chest.

12. (cue sports, transitive) to pocket (to cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table)

    Ela sempre mata duas ou três bolas na primeira tacada.‎

    She always pockets two or three balls with the first strike.

Conjugation

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:matar.

Synonyms

• (to kill): assassinar
• (to destroy): erradicar, destruir, acabar com
• (to cause extreme pain, distress or exhaustion): acabar com, detonar, quebrar, arrebentar
• (to satiate): saciar, satisfazer
• (to break one’s back): arrebentar-se
• (to spend a period of time doing unimportant things): passar
• (to skip class): faltar
• (to solve): resolver, solucionar
• (to stop): parar
• (to pocket): encaçapar
• (to commit suicide): suicidar

References

1. ↑ 1932, Antenor Nascentes, Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattare, from Latin mattus. Compare Portuguese and Catalan matar, archaic Italian mattare. Cf. also Italian ammazzare, Spanish mazar.

Verb

matar ‎(first-person singular present mato, first-person singular preterite maté, past participle matado)

1. to put out
2. to kill
3. to butcher
4. to dull
5. to round off
6. to ruin

Conjugation

Related terms

• matanza f
• matarse
• matón
• matado
• rematar

Derived terms

Swedish

Verb

matar

1. present tense of mata.