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No. 12,457 in Spanish

matarla

"Matarla" means "to kill her" in English.

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  • 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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