- matado
- f. & m.grind, swot.past part.past participle of spanish verb: matar.* * *-da masculino, femenino (Méx fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq)* * *-da masculino, femenino (Méx fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq)* * *matado -damasculine, feminine(Méx fam pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq)* * *
Del verbo matar: (conjugate matar)
matado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
matado
matar
matado◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino (Méx fam &
pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq)
matar (conjugate matar) verbo transitivo
1a) ‹persona› to killb) (sacrificar) ‹perro/caballo› to put down, destroy;
‹reses› to slaughter;◊ lo mató un coche he was run over and killed by a carc) (en sentido hiperbólico):◊ la vas a matado a disgustos you'll be the death of her;
es para matadolos 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 matado el hambre they bought some fruit to keep them going
verbo intransitivo
to kill
matarse verbo pronominal
1a) (morir violentamente) to be killed;◊ casi me mato I almost got killedb) (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)
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
'matado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
poder
English:
could
- swot
* * *matado, -a Fam♦ adj[agotado] dead beat, Br shattered♦ nm,fEsp [desgraciado] poor wretch* * *matado, -da adj, Mex : strenuous, exhausting
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.