matanza
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noun
- kill, killingthe act of killing
- massacre, slaughterthe killing of a large number of people
- slaughterthe killing of animals, generally for food
- a place where animals are slaughtered
Forms
noun
| singular | matanza |
|---|---|
| plural | matanzas |
Used in the library
- Los libros de historia cuentan la matanza del puerto.The history books tell of the slaughter at the port.B2Una vez más (6) — Once more (6) (B2)
- La matanza de las bananeras aparece en una novela de García Márquez.The banana plantation massacre appears in a novel by García Márquez.B2Otra vez, por favor (18) — Once more, please (18) (B2)
- Una novela colombiana convirtió después la matanza en tres mil muertos cargados en un tren de noche.A Colombian novel later turned the killing into three thousand dead loaded onto a night train.B2La masacre de las bananeras — The Banana Massacre