"matanza" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /maˈtanθa/ [Spain], [maˈt̪ãn̟.θa] [Spain], /maˈtansa/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [maˈt̪ãn.sa] [Latin-America, Philippines] Forms: matanzas [plural]
Rhymes: -anθa, -ansa Etymology: From matar (“to kill”) + -anza. Etymology templates: {{af|es|matar<t:to kill>|-anza}} matar (“to kill”) + -anza Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} matanza f (plural matanzas)
  1. kill, killing (the act of killing) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-x2K4Gkf7 Categories (other): Spanish terms suffixed with -anza, Death Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 14 15 37 33 Disambiguation of Death: 46 26 28 0
  2. massacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people) Tags: feminine Synonyms: masacre
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-OObzAb8F Categories (other): Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 14 15 37 33
  3. slaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-rneGB2jV Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 5 23 3 3 5 4 4 23 22 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 42 40 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 14 15 37 33
  4. (possibly obsolete) a place where animals are slaughtered Tags: feminine, obsolete, possibly Synonyms: matadero
    Sense id: en-matanza-es-noun-RQa0XPnQ Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -anza Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 5 23 3 3 5 4 4 23 22 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 42 40 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -anza: 14 15 37 33

Inflected forms

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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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Download raw JSONL data for matanza meaning in Spanish (2.7kB)

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