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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

matar.

to kill

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/maˈtaɾ/[maˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to kill

    transitive
  2. to accidentally kill oneself

    pronominal
  3. to commit suicide

    pronominal
  4. to kill oneself (exert oneself)

    figuratively · pronominal
    Non te mates a barrer as follas agora; esta noite vai ventar.
  5. to extinguish, turn off, quench

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese matar, 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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