matar

/maˈtaɾ/, [maˈt̪aɾ]

kill

Examples

¿Por qué alguien querría matar a Tom?

Why would somebody want to kill Tom?

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Yo quería matar a Tom.

I wanted to kill Tom.

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Guarda tu lengua, o te van a matar.

Hold your tongue, or you'll be killed.

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Una sola gota del veneno basta para matar a 160 personas.

One drop of the poison is enough to kill 160 people.

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Tom amenazó con matar a Mary.

Tom threatened to kill Mary.

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Mi padre me va a matar.

My father's going to kill me.

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Oí que uno puede matar hombres lobos disparándoles con balas de plata.

I've heard that you can kill werewolves by shooting them with silver bullets.

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Ustedes hierven el agua para matar todos los microbios que existen en ella.

You boil water to kill all the microbes in it.

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Quiero matar a Tom antes que él me mate.

I want to kill Tom before he kills me.

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Matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro.

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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Nunca uses un cañón para matar a una mosca.

Never use a cannon to kill a fly.

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Yo rondé por las calles para matar tiempo.

I strolled along the streets to kill time.

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Los patriotas siempre hablan de morir por su país y nunca de matar por su país.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

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Estoy cuidando el jardín estos días sólo para matar el tiempo.

I am tending the garden these days just to kill time.

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Quiero matar a alguien.

I want to kill somebody.

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Declarar la guerra después de un ataque sorpresa es lo esperado, pero matar a más de diez mil no combatientes con una bomba es algo nunca visto.

Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.

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No hay honor en matar a un enemigo con veneno.

There is no honor in taking an enemy with poison.

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Le empezó a dar hambre, así que tiró una piedrecita al río para matar un pez.

He started to get hungry, so he threw a small stone in the river to kill a fish.

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Si debes matar, mata a un elefante, si debes robar, roba un tesoro.

If you must kill, kill an elephant and if you must rob, rob a treasury.

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Tom no quiso matar a Mary.

Tom didn't mean to kill Mary.

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