matasellos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) +‎ sellos (“stamps”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mataˈseʝos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʝos]

• IPA^(key): /mataˈseʝos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʝos] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /mataˈseʎos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʎos] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /mataˈseʃos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʃos] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /mataˈseʒos/ [ma.t̪aˈse.ʒos] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝos

• Rhymes: -eʝos (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -eʎos (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒos (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧se‧llos

Noun

matasellos m (plural matasellos)

1. postmark

   Synonyms: sello, timbre

Further reading

• “matasellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10