matanza

matanza
feminine noun
1. slaughter (masacre)
2. slaughtering (del cerdo) (peninsular Spanish)

matanza [mah-tahn’-thah]
noun
1. The action of slaughtering. (f)
2. Cattle to be slaughtered. (f)
3. Massacre, butchery; slaughter in the field of battle. (f)
4. Obstinacy, eagerness of pursuit. (f)
5. Slaughterhouse (matadero); (And.) tienda; (CAm.) meat market. (Caribbean) (f)

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