Today’s Spanish word of the day is “matar”.
It’s a verb meaning “to kill”.
It comes from Latin mactare, which had the same meaning.
“Matar” is a regular verb, so it’s conjugated in the same way as other regular -ar verbs.
Example sentences
Esto me está matando.
This is killing me.
El cazador mató al ciervo.
The hunter killed the deer.
Mataron al personaje principal en la película.
They killed the main character in the movie.
Lo mataron por decir la verdad.
He was killed for telling the truth.
No quiero matar tu entusiasmo.
I don’t want to kill your enthusiasm.
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