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mata

Spanish, noun

mata is spelled M-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,605th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mata is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “shrub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of matar. With an accent, matá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of matar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta de poca altura y tallo múltiple o ramificado”.

What does mata mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineshrub

  2. 2

    femininesprig

  3. 3

    femininemastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus

  4. 4

    feminineplant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as matá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of matar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Planta de poca altura y tallo múltiple o ramificado. 2. Cada una de varias plantas herbáceas que crecen juntas formando un haz apretado. 3. Huerta de árboles de una misma especie. 4. Lentisco (Pistacia lentiscus): arbusto dioico de la familia de las Anacardiáceas, de unos ocho metros de altura. Perennifolio, de corteza marrón rojiza, muy ramificado, hojas pinnadas, flores pequeñas de color amarillo rojizo a rojo oscuro. El fruto, de color rojo y negro, es usado como condimento y como goma de mascar (chicle). La resina de su tallo tiene uso como barniz y como materia prima en p

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mata

  • matas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mata

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mata in Spanish?

mata appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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