rematar
Catalan
Etymology
From re- + matar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rə.məˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.maˈtaɾ/
- Homophone: rematà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
rematar (first-person singular present remato, past participle rematat)
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to finish off, complete
- rematar una feina ― to finish a job
- (transitive) to sell at an auction
- (especially soccer) to shoot at goal
- rematar un córner ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
infinitive | rematar | ||||||
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present participle | rematant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rematat | rematada | |||||
plural | rematats | rematades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | remato | remates | remata | rematem | remateu | rematen | |
imperfect | rematava | remataves | rematava | rematàvem | rematàveu | remataven | |
future | remataré | remataràs | rematarà | rematarem | rematareu | remataran | |
preterite | rematí | rematares | rematà | rematàrem | rematàreu | remataren | |
conditional | remataria | remataries | remataria | remataríem | remataríeu | rematarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | remati | rematis | remati | rematem | remateu | rematin | |
imperfect | rematés | rematessis | rematés | rematéssim | rematéssiu | rematessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | remata | remati | rematem | remateu | rematin |
Further reading
- “rematar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rematar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “rematar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rematar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Anagrams
- tararem, taràrem, tramaré, tremarà
Galician
Alternative forms
- arrematar, romatar
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese rematar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from re- + matar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /remaˈtaɾ/
Verb
rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematei, past participle rematado)
- (intransitive) to finish
- (transitive) to finish off
- (transitive) to conclude, close
- (transitive) to auction, auction off
- 1432, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 450:
- Iten se rematou da Rúa dos Çapateiros hua manta e hua capa de Sancha Lourença, por XVII mrs, en Pero de Temees
- Item, of the Shoemakers Street, a blanket and a cloak of Sancha Lourenzo were auctioned for 17 maravedis to Pedro de Temes
- Iten se rematou da Rúa dos Çapateiros hua manta e hua capa de Sancha Lourença, por XVII mrs, en Pero de Temees
- 1432, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 450:
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | rematar | |||||
personal | rematar | rematares | rematar | rematarmos | rematardes | remataren |
Gerund | ||||||
rematando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | rematado | rematados | ||||
feminine | rematada | rematadas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | remato | rematas | remata | rematamos | rematades | rematan |
imperfect | remataba | rematabas | remataba | rematabamos | rematabades | remataban |
preterite | rematei | remataches | rematou | rematamos | rematastes | remataron |
pluperfect | rematara | remataras | rematara | remataramos | rematarades | remataran |
future | rematarei | rematarás | rematará | remataremos | remataredes | rematarán |
conditional | remataría | rematarías | remataría | rematariamos | rematariades | rematarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | remate | remates | remate | rematemos | rematedes | rematen |
preterite | rematase | rematases | rematase | rematásemos | rematásedes | rematasen |
future | rematar | rematares | rematar | rematarmos | rematardes | remataren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | remata | remate | rematemos | rematade | rematen |
negative | – | remates | remate | rematemos | rematedes | rematen |
Related terms
- matar
References
- “rematar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “remat” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “rematar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rematar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rematar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- arrematar
Etymology
Possibly from re- + matar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [he.maˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ɾ)/ [he.maˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.maˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ɻ)/ [he.maˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.mɐˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: re‧ma‧tar
Verb
rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematei, past participle rematado)
- to finish off
- to shoot
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | rematar | |||||
Personal | rematar | rematares | rematar | rematarmos | rematardes | rematarem |
Gerund | ||||||
rematando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | rematado | rematados | ||||
Feminine | rematada | rematadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | remato | rematas | remata | rematamos | rematais | rematam |
Imperfect | rematava | rematavas | rematava | rematávamos | rematáveis | rematavam |
Preterite | rematei | remataste | rematou | rematamos1, rematámos2 | rematastes | remataram |
Pluperfect | rematara | remataras | rematara | rematáramos | rematáreis | remataram |
Future | rematarei | rematarás | rematará | remataremos | rematareis | rematarão |
Conditional | ||||||
remataria | rematarias | remataria | remataríamos | remataríeis | rematariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | remate | remates | remate | rematemos | remateis | rematem |
Imperfect | rematasse | rematasses | rematasse | rematássemos | rematásseis | rematassem |
Future | rematar | rematares | rematar | rematarmos | rematardes | rematarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | remata | remate | rematemos | rematai | rematem | |
Negative (não) | não remates | não remate | não rematemos | não remateis | não rematem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “rematar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “rematar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- arrematar
Etymology
re- + matar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /remaˈtaɾ/ [re.maˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ma‧tar
Verb
rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematé, past participle rematado)
- (literally) to finish off; to kill
- Remató al animal para que no sufriera más.
- He finished off the animal so that it would not suffer any more.
- (figurative) to complete, to end, bring to an end, terminate
- Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar
- to buy or sell at an auction
- Synonym: subastar
- (especially soccer) to shoot at goal
- (reflexive) to perish
Conjugation
infinitive | rematar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | rematando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rematado | rematada | |||||
plural | rematados | rematadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | remato | rematastú rematásvos | remata | rematamos | rematáis | rematan | |
imperfect | remataba | rematabas | remataba | rematábamos | rematabais | remataban | |
preterite | rematé | remataste | remató | rematamos | rematasteis | remataron | |
future | remataré | rematarás | rematará | remataremos | remataréis | rematarán | |
conditional | remataría | rematarías | remataría | remataríamos | remataríais | rematarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | remate | rematestú rematésvos2 | remate | rematemos | rematéis | rematen | |
imperfect (ra) | rematara | remataras | rematara | rematáramos | rematarais | remataran | |
imperfect (se) | rematase | rematases | rematase | rematásemos | remataseis | rematasen | |
future1 | rematare | rematares | rematare | rematáremos | rematareis | remataren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | rematatú rematávos | remate | rematemos | rematad | rematen | ||
negative | no remates | no remate | no rematemos | no rematéis | no rematen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive rematar | |||||||
dative | rematarme | rematarte | rematarle, rematarse | rematarnos | remataros | rematarles, rematarse | |
accusative | rematarme | rematarte | rematarlo, rematarla, rematarse | rematarnos | remataros | rematarlos, rematarlas, rematarse | |
with gerund rematando | |||||||
dative | rematándome | rematándote | rematándole, rematándose | rematándonos | rematándoos | rematándoles, rematándose | |
accusative | rematándome | rematándote | rematándolo, rematándola, rematándose | rematándonos | rematándoos | rematándolos, rematándolas, rematándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative remata | |||||||
dative | remátame | remátate | remátale | remátanos | not used | remátales | |
accusative | remátame | remátate | remátalo, remátala | remátanos | not used | remátalos, remátalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rematá | |||||||
dative | rematame | rematate | rematale | rematanos | not used | rematales | |
accusative | rematame | rematate | rematalo, rematala | rematanos | not used | rematalos, rematalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative remate | |||||||
dative | remáteme | not used | remátele, remátese | remátenos | not used | remáteles | |
accusative | remáteme | not used | remátelo, remátela, remátese | remátenos | not used | remátelos, remátelas | |
with first-person plural imperative rematemos | |||||||
dative | not used | rematémoste | rematémosle | rematémonos | rematémoos | rematémosles | |
accusative | not used | rematémoste | rematémoslo, rematémosla | rematémonos | rematémoos | rematémoslos, rematémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative rematad | |||||||
dative | rematadme | not used | rematadle | rematadnos | remataos | rematadles | |
accusative | rematadme | not used | rematadlo, rematadla | rematadnos | remataos | rematadlos, rematadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative rematen | |||||||
dative | remátenme | not used | remátenle | remátennos | not used | remátenles, remátense | |
accusative | remátenme | not used | remátenlo, remátenla | remátennos | not used | remátenlos, remátenlas, remátense |
Derived terms
- remate
- rematadamente
Further reading
- “rematar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014