"mattanza" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /matˈtan.t͡sa/ Forms: mattanze [plural]
Rhymes: -antsa Etymology: From Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), derived from matar (“to kill”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|es|matanza|t=slaughter}} Spanish matanza (“slaughter”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} mattanza f (plural mattanze)
  1. last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mattanza-it-noun-lhfvh26- Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fishing, Violence Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Fishing: 92 8 Disambiguation of Violence: 56 44
  2. (by extension, informal) massacre, carnage Tags: broadly, feminine, informal Synonyms: carneficina, massacro
    Sense id: en-mattanza-it-noun-x4mT2nHd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ammazzare

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "aeb",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "roman": "matāntza",
      "word": "متانتزة"
    }
  ],
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    ],
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      "matar",
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    ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mat‧tàn‧za"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mat‧tàn‧za"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ammazzare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
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        }
      ],
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          "fishing",
          "fishing"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        ]
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        "(by extension, informal) massacre, carnage"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "carneficina"
        },
        {
          "word": "massacro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/matˈtan.t͡sa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mattanza"
}
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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Spanish",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/antsa",
    "Rhymes:Italian/antsa/3 syllables",
    "it:Fishing",
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      "lang_code": "aeb",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "matāntza",
      "word": "متانتزة"
    }
  ],
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    ],
    [
      "matar",
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    ]
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish matanza (“slaughter”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mat‧tàn‧za"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mat‧tàn‧za"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ammazzare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows"
      ],
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        [
          "tuna",
          "tuna"
        ],
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "Italian informal terms"
      ],
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        "massacre, carnage"
      ],
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          "massacre",
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          "carnage",
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        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "carneficina"
        },
        {
          "word": "massacro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/matˈtan.t͡sa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mattanza"
}

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