Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: matar
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

From the Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Matars (plural)

Questions

What does matar mean?: A surname.
Where does matar come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce matar

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