mató

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mato"

Asturian

Verb

mató

1. third-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of matar

Catalan

Etymology

From mata +‎ -ó, from Latin matta (“rush mat”). Either from the sense of the cream forming a "mat" on top of the milk or from the sense of the curds clumping together.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [maˈto]

Noun

mató m (plural matons)

1. cottage cheese, curd cheese

Derived terms

• mató de monja
• matoner
• mel i mató

See also

• brossat

Further reading

• “mató” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mató”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mató” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mató” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Verb

mató

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar