Polyglot Dictionary

matança

/maˈtɐ̃sɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as matanças

Meaning

  1. slaughter

    • Foi uma matança.

      It was a slaughter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

carnificina

Close synonyms for "carnage, slaughter."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

matanza

matanza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "slaughter."

Practice

1 What does matança mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches matança?

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