EGAVE

matanza

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A place where animals are slaughtered, for their hides, meat, tallow, etc, particularly in a Latin American context; a slaughterhouse.
  2. noun A slaughter, as of cattle or pigs (for their hides, meat, etc), of tuna, or of people; the act of butchering or slaughtering.

Similar words

havana massacres matadero slaughterhouse butchery slaughterhall meatpacking abattoir slaughterwoman matador

Often followed by

de of in and was en y del to

Save “matanza” to learn later