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matar.

to kill

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[məˈta]Balearic, Central, Northern[maˈtaɾ]Valencia[maˈta]Northwestern

  1. to kill

  2. to extinguish

Where this word comes from

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

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