mataburro

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) +‎ burro (“donkeys, dummies”), literally “dummy killer”.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmataˈburo/ [ˌma.t̪aˈβ̞u.ro]

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧bu‧rro

mataburro m (plural mataburros)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of mataburros meaning:
   1. (Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Honduras, El Salvador) dictionary
   2. (Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia) grille guard
   3. (Paraguay) cattle grid

• “mataburro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “mataburro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010