Skip to main content

matada

Spanish, noun/maˈtada/

matada is spelled M-A-T-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a violent fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of matado.

What does matada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininea violent fall

    Juan se dio una gran matada mientras caminaba en la calle.

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of matado

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of matado

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

Forms of matada

  • matadas plural

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

How do you pronounce matada?

  • /maˈtada/
  • [maˈt̪a.ð̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to matada

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

How common is matada in Spanish?

matada appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

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

What to look up after matada