matar

matar

1. (transitive) to kill

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “matar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus.

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

1. to kill

• matar

Most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to kill

as cantar except for past participle (matat or mort)

• occir

• Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

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 *mattāre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus.

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

matar (Latin spelling)

1. to kill

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

From Old Portuguese matar, probably from Latin mactāre (through Vulgar Latin *mattāre). The development of -ct- would be irregular, however. Hence possibly derived from or influenced by Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus. Another possibility is an influence by Arabic مَاتَ‎ (māta, “to die”).[1]

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

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.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:matar.

• (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

• amatar (obsolete)

Most likely from Latin mactāre, present active infinitive of mactō (through a Vulgar Latin root *mattāre). Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *mattare, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), related to madidus. Compare Portuguese and Catalan matar, archaic Italian mattare. Cf. also Italian ammazzare, Spanish mazar.

• IPA^(key): /maˈtaɾ/, [maˈt̪aɾ]

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

1. to put out, extinguish (a flame or light)

   Synonyms: extinguir, apagar

2. to kill
3. to butcher
4. to injure, damage

   Synonyms: dañar, enfermar

5. to fatigue, exhaust, tire out

   Synonyms: fatigar, cansar

6. to dull (render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish)

   Synonyms: apagar, deslustrar, opacar

7. to round off
8. to ruin

   Synonym: arruinar

9. (colloquial) to kill (to annoy)

   Synonyms: incomodar, molestar

10. (colloquial) to kill (to get mad at)
11. (colloquial) to kill (to amaze, exceed, stun)

    Synonyms: sorprender, asombrar

12. (colloquial) to beat (to be better than)
13. to postmark

    Synonym: matasellar

• matanza
• matarse
• matón
• matado
• rematar
• matarife

• “matar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

matar

1. present tense of mata.