# rematar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From re- +‎ matar.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

rematar (first-person singular present remato, first-person singular preterite rematí, past participle rematat)
* (transitive, pronominal) 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 ― to shoot at goal after getting the ball from a corner kick

#### Derived terms

* rematador

### 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, 2025
* “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-Portuguese rematar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from re- +‎ matar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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, 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 TemeesItem, of the Shoemakers Street, a blanket and a cloak of Sancha Lourenzo were auctioned for 17 maravedis to Pedro de Temes

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* matar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rematar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “remat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rematar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “rematar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rematar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “rematar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* 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

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* arrematar

### Etymology

Possibly from re- +‎ matar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [he.maˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [he.maˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.maˈta(ɾ)/ [he.maˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.maˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.maˈta(ɻ)/ [he.maˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.mɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.mɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.mɐˈta.ɾi/
* 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

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

#### Descendants

* Macanese: ramatâ

### Further reading

* “rematar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “rematar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* arrematar

### Etymology

From re- +‎ matar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine 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.

#### Derived terms

* rematadamente
* rematador
* remate

### Further reading

* “rematar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10