rematar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ matar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

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, 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.

Anagrams

• tararem, taràrem, tramaré, tremarà

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Galician

Alternative forms

• arrematar, romatar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remaˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to finish
2. (transitive) to finish off
3. (transitive) to conclude, close
4. (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

Related terms

• matar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rematar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ matar.

Verb

1. to finish off

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• arrematar

Etymology

re- +‎ matar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remaˈtaɾ/ [re.maˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to finish off
2. to complete
3. to end, bring to an end, terminate
4. buy at an auction
5. to sell at an auction
6. to shoot at goal, as in football
7. (reflexive) to perish

Synonyms

• (finish): acabar, finalizar, terminar

Derived terms

• remate

Further reading

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