matanza
Spanish, noun/maˈtanθa/
matanza is spelled M-A-T-A-N-Z-A (7 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matanza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “kill, killing (the act of killing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asesinato de un grupo numeroso de personas”.
What does matanza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekill, killing (the act of killing)
- 2
femininemassacre, slaughter (the killing of a large number of people)
- 3
feminineslaughter (the killing of animals, generally for food)
- 4
feminineobsoletea place where animals are slaughtered
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Asesinato de un grupo numeroso de personas. 2. La tarea de sacrificar a un cerdo y procesar su carne y vísceras para confeccionar embutidos y otros alimentos. 3. Juego infantil que consiste en dos equipos enfrentados, que se lanzan pelotas con el objetivo de “matar” (tocar) a los jugadores del equipo rival.
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 matanza
- matanzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matanza?
- /maˈtanθa/
- [maˈt̪ãn̟.θa]
- /maˈtansa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matanza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matanza in Spanish?
matanza appears 8.9 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).