remate

See also: rematé

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ mate.

Verb

remate (third-person singular simple present remates, present participle remating, simple past and past participle remated)

1. To mate again, usually with another partner

Anagrams

• Mateer, Teamer, atreme, merate, metrae, retame, reteam, teamer, tearme

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish remate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeˈmate/ [ɾeˈma.te]
• Hyphenation: re‧ma‧te

Adjective

remáte (plural reremate, Basahan spelling ᜍᜒᜋᜆᜒ)

1. (rare) dead

   Synonyms: gadan, tigbak

Derived terms

• magremate
• makaremate
• maremate
• rematehon

Galician

Verb

remate

1. inflection of rematar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

remate f

1. plural of remata

Etymology 2

Verb

remate

1. inflection of remare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

remate f pl

1. feminine plural of remato

Anagrams

• temerà

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈma.t͡ʃi/ [heˈma.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈma.t͡ʃi/ [heˈma.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈma.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈma.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈma.te/ [heˈma.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈma.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
• Hyphenation: re‧ma‧te

Noun

remate m (plural remates)

1. end, tip, crown
2. an ornamental finish; trim
3. (sports) shot, smash, hit, spike

Verb

remate

1. inflection of rematar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “remate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “remate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈmate/ [reˈma.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: re‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rematar.

Noun

remate m (plural remates)

1. auction
2. mercy killing, finishing off
3. culmination, conclusion
4. end, tip, crown
5. punch line
6. an ornamental finish
7. (sports) shot, smash, hit, spike

Derived terms

• de remate
• loco de remate

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

remate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of remar combined with te
2. inflection of rematar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “remate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025