matar

to kill

Incluso se mataba a las personas que no querían trabajar.	People who did not want to work were even murdered.
La antigua cruz mataba al hombre; la nueva cruz lo entretiene.	The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them.
Harry dijo que no mataba una mosca.	Harry says he wouldn't hurt a fly.
Atado por delante, así que la miraba... mientras la mataba.	Tied from the front, so he was looking at her while he was doing this.
¡Me pegó, me mataba de hambre!	He beat me, he starved me!
Bueno, la curiosidad me mataba.	Well, curiosity got the better of me.
Hasta entonces, Kenny había sido visto como un hombre tranquilo que nunca mataba una mosca.	Up to then, Kenny had been seen as a quiet man who never ruffled any feathers.
O te mataba ahora mismo.	Or I'd plug you right now.
Creí que me mataba un par de veces.	Pretty hairy. I thought he had me a couple of times, but I—
En las ceremonias de boda, se mataba a muchos bueyes.	At the wedding ceremonies oxen were slain, evidently for the feeding of the invited guests.
Luego se mataba el animal.	The animal was then slain.
Esa pregunta me mataba.	There was my question staring at me.
Aunque la trampa no los mataba sino que quedaban flotando en el agua.	So that's the full report. No baby.
En las guerras anteriores, a los derrotados o bien se los mataba, o se los integraba a la sociedad.	In wars prior to this, a conquered people were either slaughtered or integrated into society.
Observa (arriba) que el Israelita mataba su propio novillo y luego lo desollaba, acomodaba los trozos y los lavaba.	Notice (above) that the Israelite slaughtered his own bull and then skinned it and arranged and washed the pieces.
Sabía muy bien que si no la mataba, hasta el último céntimo sería para Mary Gerrard... Se lo aseguro.	She knew quite well if she didn't do it, every penny would go to Mary Gerrard, and that's the truth.
Chagatai vio como se acercaba el Campeón León y como Nimuro mataba a media docena de guerreros Khol en otros tantos segundos.	Chagatai saw the Lion Champion's approach and watched as Nimuro cut down a half-dozen Khol warriors in as many seconds.
Mi padre mataba el ganado y mi hermano mayor lo limpiaba para, al día siguiente, vender su carne en el mercado local.	My father slaughtered the livestock and my brother cleaned off the meat to sell it on the local market the next day.
Antes de que comenzara la vacunación masiva en 1980, el sarampión mataba a 2,6 millones de personas al año en todo el mundo, 12.000 de ellas en las Américas.	Before widespread vaccination began in 1980, measles caused 2.6 million deaths a year throughout the world, 12,000 of them in the Americas.
El público se mataba de la risa ante los divertidos intercambios en español y fang, y dieron un fuerte aplauso cuando el acusado resultó absuelto.	With humorous exchanges in Spanish and Fang, the cast had the audience rolling with laughter and won a hearty round of applause when the defendant was acquitted.