No. 12,457 in Spanish
matarla
"Matarla" means "to kill her" in English.
In a sentence
Voy a matarla si continúa portándose mal.
I will kill her if she continues behaving badly.
Here, 'matarla' is used literally to mean 'to kill her,' referring to physical harm.
La película fue tan aburrida que casi quise matarla.
The movie was so boring that I almost wanted to kill it.
In this context, 'matarla' is used figuratively to express frustration or severe dislike towards the movie, which here carries a feminine identifier.
Si ves una mosca en la cocina, trata de matarla.
If you see a fly in the kitchen, try to kill it.
Here, 'matarla' is directly referring to the act of eliminating a fly, where 'la' represents the feminine gender of the noun 'mosca.'
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