matarife
Spanish, noun/mataˈɾife/
matarife is spelled M-A-T-A-R-I-F-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matarife is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “butcher; slaughterer (of animals for meat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Oficial que mata, desolla y descuartiza las reses en los mataderos”.
What does matarife mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebutcher; slaughterer (of animals for meat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oficial que mata, desolla y descuartiza las reses en los mataderos.
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 matarife
- matarifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matarife?
- /mataˈɾife/
- [ma.t̪aˈɾi.fe]
- [mat̪aˈɾife]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matarife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matarife in Spanish?
matarife appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).