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matanza

/maˈtanθa/, [maˈt̪ãn̟.θa]

slaughter

  • Translations

Noun matanza f (plural matanzas)

  1. kill (the act of killing)
  2. massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people)
  3. slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food)
  4. (possibly obsolete) a place where animals are slaughtered

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Ayer vi la película titulada "La matanza de Texas" con mi novia. Ella estuvo muerta de miedo.

    I watched the film named "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with my girlfriend yesterday. She was very afraid.

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