matamoros
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + moros (“Moors”).
Noun
[edit]matamoros m (plural matamoros)
- a braggart; often one who tells unbelievable stories
Further reading
[edit]- “matamoros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Inglés sin Barreras: Diccionario Webster-Velázquez, Los Angeles: Lexicon, 1999