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mattanza

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), derived from matar (“to kill”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /matˈtan.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -antsa
  • Hyphenation: mat‧tàn‧za

Noun edit

mattanza f (plural mattanze)

  1. last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows
  2. (by extension, informal) massacre, carnage
    Synonyms: carneficina, massacro

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Tunisian Arabic: متانتزة (matāntza)[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 229

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