/maˈtaɾ/, [maˈt̪aɾ]
OrixeFrom 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.
- transitiveto kill
- pronominalto accidentally kill oneself
- pronominalto commit suicide
- figuratively, pronominalto kill oneself (exert oneself)
“Non te mates a barrer as follas agora; esta noite vai ventar.” — Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
- transitiveto extinguish, turn off, quench
Formasmato(first-person, present, singular) · matei(first-person, preterite, singular) · matado(participle, past) · morto(participle, past, short-form) · matar(impersonal, infinitive) · matar(first-person, infinitive, singular) · matares(infinitive, second-person, singular) · matar(error-unrecognized-form, infinitive, personal, singular) · matarmos(first-person, infinitive, plural) · matardes(infinitive, plural, second-person) · mataren(error-unrecognized-form, infinitive, personal, plural) · matando(gerund) · morto(error-unrecognized-form, masculine, participle, past, short-form, singular) · morto(first-person, masculine, participle, past, short-form, singular) · morto(masculine, participle, past, second-person, short-form, singular) · mortos(error-unrecognized-form, masculine, participle, past, plural, short-form) · mortos(first-person, masculine, participle, past, plural, second-person, short-form) · morta(error-unrecognized-form, feminine, participle, past, short-form, singular) · morta(feminine, first-person, participle, past, short-form, singular) · morta(feminine, participle, past, second-person, short-form, singular)