How to Say "they destroy" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “they destroy” is “matan” — B1 level.
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VerbB1informal
figurative: to ruin strength or spirit
Examples
Las deudas y el estrés matan la felicidad de la gente.
Debts and stress kill people's happiness.
Estas largas reuniones matan a los empleados.
These long meetings exhaust the employees.
Dicen que los impuestos altos matan la inversión.
They say high taxes destroy investment.
Feeling the Action
This figurative use often involves using a pronoun to show who is affected: 'Me matan' (They are killing/exhausting me). The thing doing the 'killing' (the subject, e.g., 'el trabajo') is always plural when using 'matan'.
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