ammazzare.
to kill, murder
Meaning & usage
to kill, murder
Where this word comes from
Probably from a- + mazza (“club, baton”) + -are, or alternatively possibly related to Latin mactāre, through a Vulgar Latin root *mactiāre, although this is less likely. Compare Sicilian ammazzari, Spanish mazar, Portuguese maçar, Occitan massar, Romansh mazzar, Venetan masar, Friulian maçâ, Istriot masà. See also archaic Italian mattare.
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