rematar

From re- +‎ matar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.məˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.maˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: rematà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematí, past participle rematat)

1. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to finish off, complete

   rematar una feina ― to finish a job

2. (transitive) to sell at an auction
3. (especially soccer) to shoot at goal

   rematar un córner ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “rematar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rematar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

• tararem, taràrem, tramaré, tremarà

• arrematar, romatar

From Old Galician-Portuguese rematar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from re- +‎ matar.

• IPA^(key): /remaˈtaɾ/

rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematei, past participle rematado)

1. (intransitive) to finish
2. (transitive) to finish off
3. (transitive) to conclude, close
4. (transitive) to auction, auction off
   • 1432, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, 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

• matar

• “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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “rematar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rematar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “rematar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• arrematar

Possibly from re- +‎ matar.

• Hyphenation: re‧ma‧tar

rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematei, past participle rematado)

1. to finish off
2. to shoot

• Macanese: ramatâ

• “rematar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “rematar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

• arrematar

From re- +‎ matar.

• IPA^(key): /remaˈtaɾ/ [re.maˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ma‧tar

rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematé, past participle rematado)

1. (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.

2. (figurative) to complete, to end, bring to an end, terminate

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

3. to buy or sell at an auction

   Synonym: subastar

4. (especially soccer) to shoot at goal
5. (reflexive) to perish

• “rematar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014