matagallina
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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + gallina (“hen”).
Noun
matagallina f (plural matagallinas)
Further reading
- “matagallina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28