matanza

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), from matar (“to kill”).

Noun

matanza (plural matanzas)

  1. (US, Western US) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for matanza in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Asturian

Noun

matanza f (plural matances)

  1. kill (act of killing)
  2. killing
  3. slaughter

Galician

Matanza dos Inocentes ("Massacre of the Innocents")

Etymology

From matar (“to kill”) + -anza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtanθa̝/

Noun

matanza f (plural matanzas)

  1. kill (act of killing)
  2. massacre, slaughter
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 621:
      desque õme fuj formado, nũca ueu tal matança nẽ tal marteyro cõmo era sóbrelos de Troya
      since the man was made, he never saw such a slaughter nor such a martyrdom as that that was befalling the Trojans

Derived terms

  • matanza do porco

References

    Spanish

    Noun

    matanza f (plural matanzas)

    1. a slaughter, a killing

    See also

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