matar

A2

to kill, slay

matar in every tense

All six simple tenses of matar, every person included.

Presente (present)

PersonForm
yomato
túmatas
él/ella/ustedmata
nosotrosmatamos
vosotrosmatáis
ellos/ustedesmatan

Pretérito indefinido (preterite)

PersonForm
yomaté
túmataste
él/ella/ustedmató
nosotrosmatamos
vosotrosmatasteis
ellos/ustedesmataron

Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)

PersonForm
yomataba
túmatabas
él/ella/ustedmataba
nosotrosmatábamos
vosotrosmatabais
ellos/ustedesmataban

Futuro simple (future)

PersonForm
yomataré
túmatarás
él/ella/ustedmatará
nosotrosmataremos
vosotrosmataréis
ellos/ustedesmatarán

Condicional simple (conditional)

PersonForm
yomataría
túmatarías
él/ella/ustedmataría
nosotrosmataríamos
vosotrosmataríais
ellos/ustedesmatarían

Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)

PersonForm
yomate
túmates
él/ella/ustedmate
nosotrosmatemos
vosotrosmatéis
ellos/ustedesmaten
regular

matar in example sentences

Forms of matar appear in 398 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.

¿Por qué la mataste?

Why did you kill her?

tú · preterite · Tatoeba #4030118

¿Qué la mató?

What killed her?

él/ella/usted · preterite · Tatoeba #10357389

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words from the matar family

Forms of matar with their own word page:

Verbs conjugated like matar

The same pattern (regular), nearest in the frequency list:

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