mattanza

From Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), derived from matar (“to kill”).

• IPA^(key): /matˈtan.t͡sa/, [mät̪ˈt̪än̪t̪͡s̪ä]
• Stress: mattànza
• Hyphenation: mat‧tan‧za

mattanza f (plural mattanze)

1. Last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows.
2. (by extension, informal) massacre, carnage

   Synonyms: carneficina, massacro

• ammazzare