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mata

bush, kills, shrub

Noun mata f (plural matas)

  1. shrub
  2. sprig
  3. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus
  4. (Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba) plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)

Verb mata

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of matar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of matar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of matar.

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Examples

  • "Mata" significa "ojo" en malayo, "mata mata" es "un número indeterminado de ojos" o la policía.

    "Mata" means "eye" in Malay, "mata mata" is "an indefinite number of eyes"--or the police.

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  • Lo que no me mata me hace más fuerte.

    What does not kill me, makes me stronger.

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  • Las armas no matan gente. La gente mata gente.

    Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

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  • Lo que no te mata te hace más fuerte.

    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

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  • Lo que no nos mata nos hace más fuertes.

    What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

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  • Si parece una guerra, suena como una guerra y mata como una guerra, entonces es una guerra.

    If it looks like a war, if it sounds like a war and if it kills like a war, then it actually is a war.

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  • La confianza mata al hombre y embaraza a la mujer.

    Trust kills men and gets women pregnant.

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  • Quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere.

    He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.

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  • Solía ser sobrado y generoso, pero ahora vive a salto de mata.

    He used to be well off and generous, but now he lives from hand to mouth.

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  • El hombre es, si no el más grande, sin duda el más peligroso de los animales salvajes. Él mata por placer.

    Man, if he is not the largest, is certainly the most dangerous of wild animals. He kills for pleasure.

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