to kill

kill

kɪl

kil

krill

Definición y significado de "kill"en inglés

to kill

VERBO

matar

to end the life of someone or something

bump off

dispatch

eliminate

execute

murder

Transitive: to kill a living being

información gramatical

composición morfológica

simple

verbo de acción

regular

presente

kill

3.ª persona singular

kills

participio presente

killing

pretérito simple

killed

participio pasado

killed

Ejemplos

The hunter aimed carefully to kill the deer for food.

El cazador apuntó con cuidado para matar al ciervo para alimentarse.

1.1

matar

to cause the death of a living organism

Intransitive

Ejemplos

The disease can spread rapidly and kill.

La enfermedad puede propagarse rápidamente y matar.

finalizar, poner fin

to cause something to fail or come to an end

Transitive: to kill sth

Ejemplos

His careless mistake killed our chances of winning the game.

Su error descuidado mató nuestras posibilidades de ganar el juego.

2.1

eliminar, borrar

to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system

Transitive: to kill a passage of a text

Ejemplos

The editor killed the offensive sentence.

El editor eliminó la frase ofensiva.

2.2

matar

to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing

Transitive: to kill a quality

Ejemplos

Adding too much salt can kill the flavor of the soup.

Agregar demasiada sal puede matar el sabor de la sopa.

2.3

apagar

to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning

Transitive: to kill a mechanism

Ejemplos

He killed the engine to save fuel while waiting.

Apagó el motor para ahorrar combustible mientras esperaba.

2.4

apurar, matar

to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink

Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content

Ejemplos

She killed a whole case of soda at the party.

Ella mató toda una caja de refrescos en la fiesta.

2.5

matar

to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer

Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement

Ejemplos

The defender skillfully killed the incoming pass with his foot.

El defensor mató hábilmente el pase entrante con su pie.

2.6

terminar, detener

to forcefully stop a running program or process

Transitive: to kill a program or process

Ejemplos

Use the task manager to kill the unresponsive program.

Usa el administrador de tareas para matar el programa que no responde.

matar la pelota

(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return

Transitive: to kill a ball

Ejemplos

She killed the serve with a powerful forehand.

Ella mató el saque con un potente golpe de derecha.

matar

to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling

Transitive: to kill sb

Ejemplos

The suspense in this book is killing me with anticipation.

El suspenso en este libro me mata de anticipación.

4.1

matar

to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering

Transitive: to kill a person or a body part

Ejemplos

This headache is killing me.

Este dolor de cabeza me está matando.

4.2

matar, sacrificar

to make someone extremely angry or upset

Transitive: to kill sb

Ejemplos

Dad will kill me if I lose his car keys.

Papá me va a matar si pierdo las llaves de su coche.

matar, hacer reír a carcajadas

to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment

Intransitive

Transitive: to kill sb

Ejemplos

The funny puppet show was a hit with the kids and killed at the school event.

El divertido espectáculo de marionetas fue un éxito con los niños y arrasó en el evento escolar.

matar de risa

to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so

Transitive: to kill oneself

Ejemplos

Despite the tension in the room, his witty remark had everyone killing themselves with laughter.

A pesar de la tensión en la habitación, su comentario ingenioso hizo que todos se murieran de risa.

morirse por, matar por

to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something

Intransitive: to kill for sth

Ejemplos

I'd kill for a taste of my grandma's homemade lasagna.

Mataría por probar las lasañas caseras de mi abuela.

matar

to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things

Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself

Ejemplos

Don't kill yourself.

No te mates.

Kill

SUSTANTIVO

asesinato, homicidio

the act of terminating a life

información gramatical

estado de animacidad

abstracto

composición morfológica

compuesto

contable

forma plural

kills

destrucción, eliminación

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile

presa, cadáver

the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

Árbol Léxico

killer

killing

kill

Palabras Cercanas

kill the chicken to scare the monkey

Definición y significado de "kill"en inglés

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