mata

f.

1 bush, shrub (arbusto).

matas scrub

2 mop (of hair).

3 plant, shrub.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: matar.

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mata

► nombre femenino

1 (arbusto) shrub, bush

2 (ramita) sprig

■ una mata de tomillo a sprig of thyme

3 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO (bosque) forest

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FRASEOLOGÍA

mata de pelo head of hair

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SF

1) (=arbusto) bush, shrub; esp LAm (=planta) plant; [en tiesto] potted plant

mata de coco — Caribe coconut palm

mata de plátano — Caribe banana tree

mata rubia — kermes oak

2) (=ramita) sprig; (=manojo) tuft; (=raíz) clump; (=ramo) bunch

3) pl matas (=matorral) thicket sing , scrub sing , bushes

4) (Agr) (=terreno) field, plot; And (=huerto) orchard

5) LAm (=arboleda) clump, grove; LAm (=bosque) forest

mata de bananos — banana plantation

6)

mata de pelo — mop of hair

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femenino

1) (arbusto) bush, shrub; (planta) (AmL) plant

2)

a) (ramita) sprig; (de hierba) tuft

b) (de raíces) clump

c) (bosque) thicket

3) (fam) (de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)

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femenino

1) (arbusto) bush, shrub; (planta) (AmL) plant

2)

a) (ramita) sprig; (de hierba) tuft

b) (de raíces) clump

c) (bosque) thicket

3) (fam) (de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)

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mata

feminine

A

1 (arbusto) bush, shrub

2 (AmL) (planta) plant

Compuestos:

● mata parda

dwarf evergreen oak

● mata rubia

kermes oak

B

1 (ramita) sprig; (de hierba) tuft

2 (de raíces) clump

3 (bosque) thicket

C (fam) (de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)

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Del verbo matar: (conjugate matar)

mata es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mata    
matar
mata sustantivo femenino
1 (arbusto) bush, shrub;
(planta) (AmL) plant
2 (ramita) sprig;
(de hierba) tuft
3 (fam) (de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)
matar (conjugate matar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹persona› to kill

b) (sacrificar) ‹perro/caballo› to put down, destroy;

‹reses› to slaughter;

◊ lo mató un coche he was run over and killed by a car

c) (en sentido hiperbólico):

◊ la vas a mata a disgustos you'll be the death of her;

es para matalos I could murder o kill them (colloq);
nos mataban de hambre they used to starve us;
estos zapatos me están matando these shoes are killing me!
2 (fam) ‹sed› to quench;
‹tiempo› to kill;

◊ compraron fruta para mata el hambre they bought some fruit to keep them going

verbo intransitivo
to kill
matarse verbo pronominal
1

a) (morir violentamente) to be killed;

◊ casi me mato I almost got killed

b) (refl) (suicidarse) to kill oneself;

◊ se mató de un tiro she shot herself

2 (fam)

a) (esforzarse): me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

b) (Méx fam) (para un examen) to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)

mata f (arbusto) bush
mata de pelo, mop of hair
matar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to kill
(al ganado) to slaughter
2 (el hambre, la sed, el tiempo) to kill
3 (en exageraciones) el dolor de cabeza me está matando, my headache is killing me
el ruido me mata, noise drives me mad
4 (las aristas) to smooth
5 (sello) to frank
'mata' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caballo
- matar
- salto
English:
clump
- devil
- nearly
- mop
- pot
- shock
- shrub
- tuft

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mata nf

1. [arbusto] bush, shrub;

matas scrub

2. [matojo] [de hierba] tuft;

una mata de tomates a bunch of tomatoes;

una mata de perejil a sprig of parsley

3.

mata de pelo mop (of hair)

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mata

f bush;

mata de pelo mop of hair

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mata nf

1) arbusto: bush, shrub

2) : plant

mata de tomate: tomato plant

3) : sprig, tuft

4)

mata de pelo : mop of hair

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mata n bush [pl. bushes]