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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To work or try incredibly hard, to give everything you've got, body and soul. Whoever 'se mata' doesn't rest until they see the results of their effort.

Examples

She worked herself to the bone studying and ended up passing with excellence.

We need to really push this week to finish the project.

Regional synonyms

A scatterbrained or impulsive person who acts without thinking and consistently makes a mess of things through pure recklessness. In Colombia and Venezuela, the atolondrado is always rushing but somehow always the last to arrive, with everything upside down and no idea what went wrong.