matar
Meanings
Verb
1. to kill, slay
2. to put out, extinguish (a flame or light)
3. to butcher
4. to injure, damage
5. to fatigue, exhaust, tire out
6. to dull (render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish)
7. to round off
8. to ruin
9. to kill (to annoy) (colloquial)
10. to kill (to get mad at) (colloquial)
11. to kill (to amaze, exceed, stun) (colloquial)
12. to beat (to be better than) (colloquial)
13. to postmark
14. to kill oneself, to commit suicide (reflexive)
15. to be killed, to meet one’s death (reflexive)
16. to become galled, to become chafed, to get sores (said of horses) (reflexive)
17. to wear oneself out (reflexive)
Examples655
Me está matando la espalda.
My back is killing me.
Te van a matar, sin piedad.
They're going to kill you, no mercy.
Aarón mató a Elizabeth.
Aaron killed Elizabeth.
Alister mató a Bárbara.
Alister killed Barbara.
Aron mató a Elizabeth.
Aron killed Elizabeth.
Snape mata a Dumbledore.
Snape kills Dumbledore.