matasellos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + sellos (“stamps”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mataˈseʝos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʝos] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /mataˈseʎos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʎos] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /mataˈseʃos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʃos] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /mataˈseʒos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʒos] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝos (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎos (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒos (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ma‧ta‧se‧llos
Noun
matasellos m (plural matasellos)
Further reading
- “matasellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025