matarle

to kill him, to kill you (formal)

→ matar

matar to kill + le to him, her, or you (formal)

verb Rare #48,434

to kill him, to kill you (formal) The ending -le can refer to a man or be used as the formal singular “you”; context tells you which.

SP: No quiero matarle.

EN: I don't want to kill him.

Conjugation of matar

	Singular	Plural
First	—	matarnos

matar matarme matarte matarlo matarla matarlos matarsematarlematarlas

Past

matado

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
First	mato	matamos
Second	matas	—
Third	mata	matan

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	mato	matamos
Second	matas	—
Third	mata	matan

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
First	—	matemos
Second	mata	mátalos
Third	mate	maten

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
First	maté	matamos
Second	mataste	—
Third	mató	mataron

Conditional

	Singular	Plural
First	mataría	—
Second	matarías	—
Third	mataría	matarían

Present

matando

Indicative future

	Singular	Plural
First	mataré	mataremos
Second	matarás	—
Third	matará	matarán

Subjunctive future

	Singular	Plural
First	mataré	mataremos
Second	matarás	—
Third	matará	matarán

Subjunctive past

	Singular	Plural
Third	matara	—

Subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
Second	mataras	—

mataran

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	mataba	—
Third	mataba	mataban

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	mataba	—
Third	mataba	mataban

¡Voy a matarle!

I'm going to kill him!

— El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres (2002)

Encontraría la manera de llevármela sin tener que matarle.

I would find a way to take her away without having to kill him.

— Rashomon (1950)

¿Por eso querías matarle?

Is that why you wanted to kill him?

— 암살 (2015)

Entonces, ¿por qué Yem intentó matarle a usted en Shanghái?

So, why did Yem try to kill you in Shanghai?

— 암살 (2015)

Alguien quería matarle a usted.

Someone wanted to kill you.