Español | Inglés |
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matar verb | butcher [butchered, butchering, butchers](To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) eliminate [eliminated, eliminating, eliminates](kill) kill [killed, killing, kills](to put to death) mortify [mortified, mortifying, mortifies](to kill) postmark [postmarked, postmarking, postmarks](to apply a postmark on) slaughter [slaughtered, slaughtering, slaughters](to butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)) slay [slew, slain, slaying, slays](to kill, murder) |
matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro verb | kill the goose that lays the golden eggs(to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit) |
matar dos pájaros de un tiro verb | kill two birds with one stone(solve two problems at once) |
matar el tiempo verb | kill time(make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important) |
matar la sed/el hambre verb | quench [quenched, quenching, quenches](to satisfy thirst) |
matar moscas a cañonazos verb | use a sledgehammer to crack a nut(idiom) |
matar moscas a cañonazos noun | overkill(an unnecessary excess of something (idiomatic)) |
matarratas noun {m} | rotgut(raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor) |
Mataró proper noun | Mataró(city) |
a matar o morir adjective | do-or-die(desperate effort) |
aclimatar verb | acclimate [acclimated, acclimating, acclimates]((transitive, mainly US) to habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize) season [seasoned, seasoning, seasons](to make fit for any use by time or habit) |
aclimatarse verb | acclimatize [acclimatized, acclimatizing, acclimatizes](to get used to a new climate) |
cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas phrase | there's more than one way to skin a cat(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) |
dar matarile verb | kill [killed, killing, kills](to put to death) |
no-matar noun {m} | nonkilling(A precept or worldview) |
rematar verb | auction [auctioned, auctioning, auctions](to sell at an auction) auctioneer(to sell at an auction) cut in(to paint edges and corners) finish off(to finish completely) sell off(sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) top [topped, topping, tops](excel) |
si la mirada matara phrase | if looks could kill(used to characterize a look of strong hostility) |