Spanish Word of the Day 7 August 2004 -- matar

Today's word of the day is a verb, matar, which means to kill.

I feel that my choice of word today needs a bit of explation, lest someone think that I have a deep secret. I've been listening to a tape that my husband made with some songs in Spanish, and one of the songs is El Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. You can see the lyrics here.

So, with no further ado, here's the conjugation:

yo mato
tú matas
él mata
nosotros matamos
ustedes matan
ellos matan

Mato a hormigas en mi cocina. I kill ants in my kitchen.