# matear
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish matear.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(h)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(h)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ma.teˈa(ɾ)/, /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(χ)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ma.teˈa(ɻ)/

### Verb

matear (first-person singular present mateio, first-person singular preterite mateei, past participle mateado)
* (Rio Grande do Sul, intransitive) to drink maté
    Synonym: (rare) chimarrear
** 2008, Porca Véia (lyrics and music), “Mateando Solito” (1:56 from the start), in De Alma Serrana:Como é triste companheiro / Tenho que matear sozinho […] Num rancho quase tapera / Sem amor e sem carinho/maˈt͡ʃjaʁ/How sad it is, my comrade. I must drink maté alone in a mostly abandoned ranch, without love or care.
** 2012, Mano Lima (lyrics and music), “Rubens Colombo Lima” (0:25 from the start), in Batendo Estribo:Hoje levantei cedo demais / Senti saudade tua meu pai / Olhei pra cadeira onde mateava, tava vazia / E um silêncio tomou conta de mim/matiˈava/Today, I woke up too early. I missed my dad. I looked at the chair where (he) used to drink mate, it was empty and a silence took hold of me.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From mate (“maté”) +‎ -ear.

### Verb

matear (first-person singular present mateo, first-person singular preterite mateé, past participle mateado)
* (Rioplatense, intransitive) to drink maté

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | matear | matear | matear | matear | matear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | mateando | mateando | mateando | mateando | mateando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | mateado | mateado | mateada | mateada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | mateados | mateados | mateadas | mateadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | mateo | mateas$^{tú}$ mateás$^{vos}$ | matea | mateamos | mateáis | matean |
| indicative | imperfect | mateaba | mateabas | mateaba | mateábamos | mateabais | mateaban |
| indicative | preterite | mateé | mateaste | mateó | mateamos | mateasteis | matearon |
| indicative | future | matearé | matearás | mateará | matearemos | matearéis | matearán |
| indicative | conditional | matearía | matearías | matearía | matearíamos | matearíais | matearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | matee | matees$^{tú}$ mateés$^{vos2}$ | matee | mateemos | mateéis | mateen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | mateara | matearas | mateara | mateáramos | matearais | matearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | matease | mateases | matease | mateásemos | mateaseis | mateasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | mateare | mateares | mateare | mateáremos | mateareis | matearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | matea$^{tú}$ mateá$^{vos}$ | matee | mateemos | matead | mateen |
| imperative | negative | | no matees | no matee | no mateemos | no mateéis | no mateen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Descendants

* → Brazilian Portuguese: matear

### Further reading

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