Spaniolă | Engleză |
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matar verb | 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)) |
Mataró proper noun | Mataró(city) |
matarratas noun {m} | rotgut(raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor) |
matasanos noun {m} | quack [quacks](fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine) sawbones [sawboneses]noun |
matasellar verb | postmark [postmarked, postmarking, postmarks](to apply a postmark on) |
matasellos noun {m} | postmark [postmarks](marking made by a postal service on a letter) |
matasiete noun {f} | loudmouth(one who talks too much or too loudly) |
matasiete noun {m} | braggart(one who constantly brags or boasts) bully [bullies](a person who is intentionally cruel to others) |
matasuegras noun {m} | party horn(tube to create a sound) |
matatenas noun {f-Pl} | jacks(a children's game) |
matazón noun {f} | carnage(death and destruction) |
a matacaballo adverb | hell-for-leatheradverb |
a matar o morir adjective | do-or-die(desperate effort) |
a salto de mata adverb | haphazardly(in a haphazard manner) |
aclimatación noun {f} | acclimatization [acclimatizations](the act of acclimatizing) |
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) |
aromatasa noun {f} | aromatase(enzyme) |
autómata noun {m} | automaton [automatons](machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions) |
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) |
casamata noun {f} | casemate(bombproof chamber as part of fortification) |
dálmata noun {m} {f} | Dalmatian [Dalmatians](breed of dog) |
dálmata proper noun {m} | Dalmatian(extinct Romance language of Croatia) |
dar matarile verb | kill [killed, killing, kills](to put to death) |
descolmatación noun {f} | desiltation(process of removing silt) |
donde no hay mata verb | get blood out of a stone(proverbial form) |
Galimatazo proper noun {m} | Jabberwock(fantastical monster) |
llave mataleón noun {f} | chokehold(grappling hold around the neck) |
lo que no mata phrase | what doesn't kill you makes you stronger(hardship builds moral character) |
lo que no te mata phrase | what doesn't kill you makes you stronger(hardship builds moral character) |
no-matar noun {m} | nonkilling(A precept or worldview) |