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1 mata
f.1 bush, shrub (arbusto).matas scrub2 mop (of hair).3 plant, shrub.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: matar.* * *1 (arbusto) shrub, bush2 (ramita) sprig3 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO (bosque) forest\mata de pelo head of hair* * *SFmata de coco — Caribe coconut palm
mata de plátano — Caribe banana tree
2) (=ramita) sprig; (=manojo) tuft; (=raíz) clump; (=ramo) bunch4) (Agr) (=terreno) field, plot; And (=huerto) orchard6)* * *2)b) ( de raíces) clumpc) ( bosque) thicket3) (fam) ( de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)* * *2)b) ( de raíces) clumpc) ( bosque) thicket3) (fam) ( de pelo) mane (colloq), mop (colloq)* * *A1 (arbusto) bush, shrubCompuestos:dwarf evergreen oakkermes oakB1 (ramita) sprig; (de hierba) tuft2 (de raíces) clump3 (bosque) thicket* * *
Del verbo matar: ( conjugate matar)
mata es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª 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
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‹ reses› to slaughter;
c) ( en sentido hiperbólico):
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;
verbo intransitivo
to kill
matarse verbo pronominal
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2 (fam)
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
* * *mata nf1. [arbusto] bush, shrub;matas scrub2. [matojo] [de hierba] tuft;una mata de tomates a bunch of tomatoes;una mata de perejil a sprig of parsley3.mata de pelo mop (of hair)* * *f bush;mata de pelo mop of hair* * *mata nf1) arbusto: bush, shrub2) : plantmata de tomate: tomato plant3) : sprig, tuft4)mata de pelo : mop of hair* * * -
2 mata
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3 mata
bush; shrub -
4 mata de pelo
head of hair -
5 Mata Hari
f.Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud Zelle.m.Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud Zelle. -
6 mata de hierba
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7 mata de pelo
• crop of hair• head of department• head of household• mop of hair• shock of hair• tuft of hair -
8 mata parda
• dwarf oak -
9 mata rubia
• kermes oak -
10 mata parda
f.dwarf oak. -
11 mata rubia
f.kermes oak. -
12 mata zacatosa
f.sugarcane grassy shoot. -
13 mata-insectos
f. s.&pl.insect trap. -
14 a salto de mata
(vivir al día) from hand to mouth 2 (de cualquier manera) slapdash, haphazardly, any old how -
15 quien a hierro mata a hierro muere
he who lives by the sword, shall die by the swordSpanish-English dictionary > quien a hierro mata a hierro muere
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16 a mata caballo
(adj.) = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelterEx. Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.Ex. Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.Ex. And he added hurriedly: 'I felt I could work with her though'.Ex. The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.* * *(adj.) = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelterEx: Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.Ex: And he added hurriedly: 'I felt I could work with her though'.Ex: The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research. -
17 lo que a uno cura a otro mata
Ex. If the old saying ' one man's meat is another man's poison' is true, certainly one man's book may be another man's boredom.* * *Ex: If the old saying ' one man's meat is another man's poison' is true, certainly one man's book may be another man's boredom.
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18 ir a mata caballo*
to go at breakneck speed, go like the clappers * -
19 quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere
Spanish-English dictionary > quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere
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20 a mata caballo
• at breakneck speed• at full gallop• flat on the table• flat packsaddle
См. также в других словарях:
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