Usage examples of "matar" in Spanish with translation to English

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Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas There's more than one way to skin a cat
Es difícil creer que Tom pudiera matar a alguien. It's hard to believe that Tom could murder someone.
Matar elefantes, tigres y otras especies en peligro no solo es cruel, también es ilegal. Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.
A fin de matar el tiempo en sus largos viajes, Cristóbal Colón una vez hizo una oración con un número infinito de palabras. As a means to pass the time on his long journeys, Christopher Columbus once made a sentence with an infinite number of words.
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