mató
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mato"
Asturian
Verb
mató
- third-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of matar
Catalan
Etymology
From mata + -ó, from Latin matta (“rush mat”). Either from the sense of the cream forming a "mat" on top of the milk or from the sense of the curds clumping together.
Pronunciation
Noun
mató m (plural matons)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “mató”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “mató”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “mató” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mató” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Verb
mató
- third-person singular preterite indicative of matar