verb
mata
feed
Definition & meaning
- To feed (a person or an animal): The act of providing food or sustenance to someone or something.
- To feed (a machine or process): To supply materials into a mechanism, for example, putting paper into a printer or coins into a parking meter.
- To inlay: To decorate an object by setting pieces of a different material into its surface (often wood or metal).
Grammar & Word origin
- Grammar: It is a weak verb of the second conjugation (mata, matar, matade, matat).
- Origin: The verb has Old Norse roots (mata), related to the noun mat (food), which stems from Proto-Germanic matiz. The meaning related to "inlay" comes from Middle Low German maten.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonyms:
- Bespisa mata (to feed/dine)
- Utfodra mata (to feed animals)
- Inlägga mata (to inlay)
- Fylla på mata[?](vocabuo://word/fylla på) (to refill/supply)
Antonyms:
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Anna vill mata katten.verb
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