Nouns | |||||||
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| bush [BOT.] | la mata | ||||||
| mastic tree [BOT.] | mata charneca Lat.: Pistacia lentiscus | ||||||
| mata mata (or: mata-mata, matamata) [ZOOL.] | la matamata Lat.: Chelus fimbriata, Chelus fimbriatus | ||||||
| mata mata (or: mata-mata, matamata) [ZOOL.] | tortuga matamata Lat.: Chelus fimbriata, Chelus fimbriatus | ||||||
| lentisk [BOT.] | la (mata) charneca Lat.: Pistacia lentiscus | ||||||
| maté or: mate - traditional South American herbal tea | el (hierba) mate | ||||||
| yerba mate Spanish [BOT.][COOK.] | hierba mate Lat.: Ilex paraguariensis | ||||||
| yerba mate Spanish [BOT.][COOK.] | yerba mate Lat.: Ilex paraguariensis | ||||||
| checkmate [SPORT.] | el jaque mate [Chess] | ||||||
| yerba maté (or: mate) [BOT.] | yerba mate or: yerba, mate (Lat. Am.: Arg., Urug.) Lat.: Ilex paraguariensis | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| mata | |||||||
| matar (Verb) | |||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to kill so. | killed, killed | | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to murder so. | murdered, murdered | | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to murder | murdered, murdered | | matar | ||||||
| to liquidate so. | liquidated, liquidated | | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to do away with so. | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to dispatch or: despatch so. (or: sth.) | dispatched, dispatched / despatched, despatched | - kill | matar algo (or: a alguien) | ||||||
| to slay so. - kill | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to destroy so. (or: sth.) | destroyed, destroyed | | matar algo (or: a alguien) [fig.] | ||||||
| to bump so. off [coll.] | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to mop so. ⇔ up | mopped, mopped | [fig.] | matar a alguien [fig.] | ||||||
| to wipe out so. | wiped, wiped | [fig.] - kill [coll.] | matar algo (or: a alguien) [fig.] | ||||||
| to do so. in | did, done | [coll.] - kill | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to waste so. | wasted, wasted | (Amer.) [sl.] | matar a alguien | ||||||
| to take so. (or: sth.) ⇔ out [sl.] - kill | matar algo (or: a alguien) | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| absurd adj. | a salto de mata [fig.] | ||||||
| to be a sly old dog | matarlas callando [fig.] | ||||||
| to twiddle one's thumbs [fig.] - to be lazy | matar el tiempo [fig.] | ||||||
| to plug away at sth. | plugged, plugged | | matarse a trabajar | ||||||
| to zap so. | zapped, zapped | | matar a alguien a tiros | ||||||
| to kill two birds with one stone | matar dos pájaros de un tiro | ||||||
| to struggle | struggled, struggled | - effort | matarse a trabajar | ||||||
| to travail | travailed, travailed | - toil | matarse a trabajar | ||||||
| to slave away | slaved, slaved | [coll.] | matarse a trabajar | ||||||
| to crack a nut with a sledgehammer [fig.] | matar moscas a cañonazos [fig.] | ||||||
| to fag | fagged, fagged | chiefly (Brit.) dated | matarse a trabajar | ||||||
| Many hands make light work. | Con la ayuda del vecino, mató mi padre un cochino. | ||||||
| curiosity killed the cat | la curiosidad mató al gato | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He had to kill the spider in the bathroom. | Tuvo que matar la araña en el baño. | ||||||
| The criminals shot the witness before escaping. | Los criminales mataron a tiros al testigo antes de huir. | ||||||
| The police are trying to find out who murdered the victim. | La policía está intentando descubrir quién mató a alguien. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| Maas, malt, Malta, mama, manta, mart, Marta, mast, mat, mate, maté, math, matt, Maya, meat, moat | acta, afta, Alta, alta, anta, asta, atar, atea, bata, cata, gata, lata, maca, macá, maga, Malta, malta, mamá, maña, mana, maná, manta, Manta, mapa, mara, marta, Marta, masa, matar, mate, maya, maza, meta, mota, nata, pata, rata, tata |
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