"matanza" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Asturian]

IPA: /maˈtanθa/, [maˈt̪ãn̟.θa] Forms: matances [plural]
Rhymes: -anθa Head templates: {{head|ast|noun|||||plural|matances|f3accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} matanza f (plural matances), {{ast-noun|f|matances}} matanza f (plural matances)
  1. kill (act of killing) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-ast-noun-WBHwBrTA
  2. killing Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-ast-noun-yfPBWqIW
  3. slaughter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-ast-noun-Uz-MwGoR Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Asturian entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: matar

Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈtɑn.zə/ [General-American], /mɑˈtɑn.θɑ/ [obsolete, possibly] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matanza.wav [Southern-England] Forms: matanzas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), from matar (“to kill”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|matanza||slaughter}} Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), {{m|es|matar||to kill}} matar (“to kill”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} matanza (plural matanzas)
  1. (chiefly US) A place where animals are slaughtered, for their hides, meat, tallow, etc, particularly in a Latin American context; a slaughterhouse. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-matanza-en-noun-N8Pxgqx0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. (chiefly US) A slaughter, as of cattle or pigs (for their hides, meat, etc), of tuna, or of people; the act of butchering or slaughtering. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-matanza-en-noun-b~Ek~lqN Categories (other): American English

Noun [Galician]

IPA: /maˈtanθa/, [maˈt̪an̪.θɐ], /maˈtanθa/ [standard], [maˈt̪an̪.θɐ] [standard], /maˈtansa/ (note: seseo), [maˈt̪an.sɐ] (note: seseo) Forms: matanzas [plural]
Rhymes: -anθa Etymology: Matar (“to kill”) + -anza. Etymology templates: {{af|gl|matar|-anza|alt1=Matar|t1=to kill}} Matar (“to kill”) + -anza Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} matanza f (plural matanzas)
  1. kill (act of killing) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-gl-noun-WBHwBrTA
  2. massacre, slaughter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-gl-noun-8CKqjPFe Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Galician terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Galician terms suffixed with -anza: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: matança (english: Reintegrationist) Derived forms: Matanza, matanza do porco

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /maˈtanθa/ [Spain], [maˈt̪ãn̟.θa] [Spain], /maˈtansa/ [Latin-America], [maˈt̪ãn.sa] [Latin-America] Forms: matanzas [plural]
Etymology: From matar (“to kill”) + -anza. Etymology templates: {{af|es|matar|-anza|t1=to kill}} matar (“to kill”) + -anza Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} matanza f (plural matanzas)
  1. kill (the act of killing) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-bLjRKqyU
  2. massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: masacre
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-OObzAb8F Disambiguation of Death: 6 40 48 6 Categories (other): Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 5 16 36 43
  3. slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-rneGB2jV Disambiguation of Death: 6 40 48 6 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 46 46 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 5 16 36 43
  4. (possibly obsolete) a place where animals are slaughtered Tags: feminine, obsolete, possibly Synonyms: matadero
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-RQa0XPnQ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 46 46 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 5 16 36 43

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1882, Felix Leopold Oswald, Zoological Sketches, page 179",
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          "ref": "2015, Courtney White, Two Percent Solutions for the Planet, page 45",
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          "ref": "1859, Carl Christian Wilhelm Sartorius, Mexico: Landscapes and popular sketches, page 190",
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          "ref": "2011, David Abulafia, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, Oxford University Press, page 641",
          "text": "[…] the Genoese established a colony at Tabarka on the coast of Tunisia between 1540 and 1742 specializing in coral-fishing, and where Tunisian fishermen have now joined Sicilian fleets in the matanza, the great seasonal slaughter of tuna.",
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          "text": "[…] corra los pagos de Magdalena matanza y conchas y el otro desde Luxan en / adelante hasta el comfin de esta Jurisdicion y traigan por menor nomina de cant. de dho ganado que cada uno tubiere y el matadero ó matanza que cada uno apeteciere y raz. de el que no quisiere hazer […]",
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    "es:Death"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1826, John Miers, Travels in Chile and La Plata, page 310",
          "text": "Captain Hall has given a very excellent description of a matanza, the slaughtering place of a large hacienda, where cattle are killed in numbers with the view of making charqui : the fleshy parts alone are used, all the soft fat being carefully cut off […]",
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          "ref": "1882, Felix Leopold Oswald, Zoological Sketches, page 179",
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          "ref": "1997, Jessica Kuper, The Anthropologists' Cookbook, page 30",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Courtney White, Two Percent Solutions for the Planet, page 45",
          "text": "Before the matanza could open for business (and stay in business), nine different regulating authorities had to sign off, including organic certification, transportation, the state Environment Department, weights and measures licensing, the Livestock Board, the USDA, and even Homeland Security.",
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          "ref": "1859, Carl Christian Wilhelm Sartorius, Mexico: Landscapes and popular sketches, page 190",
          "text": "The slaughtering period (matanza) lasts usually a month, and is a holiday for the shepherds, […] and fatten themselves and their families for a long time with sheep's heads and livers. The cooked meat, from which the fat has been extracted (carne de chito), lies there in complete mountains after a matanza : it is bought up by the dealers and conveyed to the villages, where the Indians buy it at the market for a mere trifle […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Rosa Viola Winterburn, The Spanish in the Southwest, page 189",
          "text": "A matanza was another busy time for the Spaniards. This was the butchering or killing of the cattle for their hides.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, David Abulafia, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, Oxford University Press, page 641",
          "text": "[…] the Genoese established a colony at Tabarka on the coast of Tunisia between 1540 and 1742 specializing in coral-fishing, and where Tunisian fishermen have now joined Sicilian fleets in the matanza, the great seasonal slaughter of tuna.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2015, Rudolfo Anaya, Jemez Spring, Open Road Media",
          "text": "[…] but this wasn't a matanza with family and vecinos helping, this was Sonny lying in the dark forest […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Marvin Guadalupe Romero, Mestizo the Old Man",
          "text": "Tomorrow he would help his grandpa and the neighbors in the matanza. It was early in the morning; Diego was already awake, anticipating the job that his grandpa had given him. Today is the matanza; Grandpa was having his usual […]",
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    "Galician terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:Galician/anθa",
    "Rhymes:Galician/anθa/3 syllables",
    "es:Death"
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          "english": "since the man was made, he never saw such a slaughter nor such a martyrdom as that that was befalling the Trojans",
          "ref": "1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 621",
          "text": "desque õme fuj formado, nũca ueu tal matança nẽ tal marteyro cõmo era sóbrelos de Troya",
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        "standard"
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      "ipa": "[maˈt̪an̪.θɐ]",
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        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtansa/",
      "note": "seseo"
    },
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      "ipa": "[maˈt̪an.sɐ]",
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      "rhymes": "-anθa"
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  ],
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    {
      "english": "Reintegrationist",
      "word": "matança"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matanza"
}

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    "Rhymes:Spanish/ansa/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/anθa",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/anθa/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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        "Spanish terms with obsolete senses",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1928, Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Cabildo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, page 298",
          "text": "[…] corra los pagos de Magdalena matanza y conchas y el otro desde Luxan en / adelante hasta el comfin de esta Jurisdicion y traigan por menor nomina de cant. de dho ganado que cada uno tubiere y el matadero ó matanza que cada uno apeteciere y raz. de el que no quisiere hazer […]",
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        "(possibly obsolete) a place where animals are slaughtered"
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          "word": "matadero"
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      ],
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        "feminine",
        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtanθa/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈt̪ãn̟.θa]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtansa/",
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        "Latin-America"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈt̪ãn.sa]",
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        "Latin-America"
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}

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