How the word "matar" is translated into English
No quiero matar a la araña, voy a sacarla fuera.
[no ˈkjeɾo maˈtaɾ a la aˈɾaɲa, ˈβoj a saˈkaɾla ˈfweɾa.]
I don't want to kill the spider, I'm going to take it outside.
¿Quién mató al personaje principal de la novela?
[¿ˈkjem maˈto al peɾsoˈnaxe pɾinθiˈpal de la noˈβela?]
Who killed the main character in the novel?
Ese spray mata los mosquitos en minutos.
[ˈese esˈpɾaj ˈmata loz mosˈkitos em miˈnutos.]
That spray kills mosquitoes in minutes.
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