matarse

matarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (involuntariamente) to die; (voluntariamente) to kill oneself

■ se mató en un accidente de tráfico she was killed in a car crash

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VPR

1) (=suicidarse) to kill o.s.

se mató de un tiro — he shot himself

2) (=morir) to be killed, get killed

se mataron en un accidente de aviación — they were killed in a plane crash

3) (=esforzarse) to kill o.s.

convendría revisar estas facturas, pero no te mates — these invoices need checking but don't kill yourself

matarse trabajando o a trabajar — to kill o.s. with work

se mata para mantener a su familia — he has to work like crazy to keep his family

se mata por sacar buenas notas — he goes all out to get good marks

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■matarse verbo reflexivo
1 (suicidarse) to kill oneself
2 to kill: me maté a pensar pero no encontré la solución, I racked my brains over it, but I found no solution
'matarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
matar
English:
finger
- die
- lucky
- work

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vpr

1. [morir] to die;

se mató en un accidente de coche he was killed in a car accident;

por poco me mato bajando las escaleras I nearly killed myself going down the stairs

2. [suicidarse] to kill oneself

3. Fam [esforzarse]

matarse trabajando, Esp [m5]matarse a trabajar to work oneself to death;

no te mates estudiando, Esp [m5]no te mates a estudiar don't wear yourself out studying;

matarse por hacer/conseguir algo to kill oneself in order to do/get sth

4. Fam [desentonar] to clash;

esos dos colores se matan those two colours clash

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matarse

v/r

1 (suicidarse) kill o.s.;

matarse a trabajar work o.s. to death

2 morir be killed

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vr

1) : to be killed

2) suicidarse: to commit suicide

3) fam : to exhaust oneself

se mató tratando de terminarlo: he knocked himself out trying to finish it

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matarse vb

1. (morir) to be killed

muchas personas se matan en accidentes de tráfico a lot of people are killed in road accidents

2. (suicidarse) to kill yourself

se mató de un tiro he shot himself