iba a matar

Creí que me iba a matar.

I thought he was going to kill me.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

Te iba a matar.

I was going to kill you.

— Ofrenda a la tormenta (2020)

Mané Galinha le salvó la vida a un vendedor que Cenoura iba a matar.

Mané Galinha saved the life of a street vendor whom Cenoura was about to kill.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Y yo iba a matar dos pájaros con un solo tiro.

And I was going to kill two birds with one stone.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

Él me dijo que si yo le contaba a usted, él me iba a matar a mí y a Santi.

He told me that if I told you, he was going to kill me and Santi.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Me decía que nos iba a matar, que después se iba a matar él.

He told me he was going to kill us, and then kill himself.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Acuérdate que te dijeron que ese caballo te iba a matar algún día.

Remember, they told you that horse was going to kill you someday.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)