Los imaginarios matacanes del castillo de Cornatel en el El Señor de Bembibre de Enrique Gil y Carrasco: estudio lexicográfico en torno a los términos matacán, matacaspas y sa[b]ratana

In this article we have studied the term matacaspas that has interested us by its appearance in the cap. 26 of the work of Enrique Gil and Carrasco El Señor de Bembibre (1844) and that has raised understandable doubts among the editors of this work, being frequently amended by matacanes. Our objective was to find out the correct use of the voice and therefore we have studied the context and verified its literary sources. We have collected lexicographic documentation about the use of the term in the specialized literature, which leads us to affirm that the appearance of this term in the work of Gil and Carrasco must be legitimized. We also want to shed light on the origin, etymology, variants and meanings that have taken other various words related with the term matacán.