rematar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ matar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.məˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.maˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.maˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Homophone: rematà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive, pronominal) 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 ― to shoot at goal after getting the ball from a corner kick

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of rematar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rematar
gerund			rematant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rematat		rematada
		plural		rematats		rematades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remato	remates	remata	rematem	remateu	rematen
	imperfect	rematava	remataves	rematava	rematàvem	rematàveu	remataven
	future	remataré	remataràs	rematarà	rematarem	rematareu	remataran
	preterite	rematí	rematares	rematà	rematàrem	rematàreu	remataren
	conditional	remataria	remataries	remataria	remataríem	remataríeu	rematarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remati	rematis	remati	rematem	remateu	rematin
	imperfect	rematés	rematessis	rematés	rematéssim	rematéssiu	rematessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	remata	remati	rematem	remateu	rematin
	negative (no)	—	no rematis	no remati	no rematem	no remateu	no rematin

Derived terms

• rematador

Further reading

• “rematar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rematar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “rematar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rematar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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^(key): /remaˈtaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rematar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rematar
Personal	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	remataren
Gerund
	rematando
Past participle
Masculine	rematado			rematados
Feminine	rematada			rematadas
Indicative
Present	remato	rematas	remata	rematamos	rematades	rematan
Imperfect	remataba	rematabas	remataba	rematabamos	rematabades	remataban
Preterite	rematei	remataches	rematou	rematamos	rematastes	remataron
Pluperfect	rematara	remataras	rematara	remataramos	rematarades	remataran
Future	rematarei	rematarás	rematará	remataremos	remataredes	rematarán
Conditional	remataría	rematarías	remataría	rematariamos	rematariades	rematarían
Subjunctive
Present	remate	remates	remate	rematemos	rematedes	rematen
Imperfect	rematase	rematases	rematase	rematásemos	rematásedes	rematasen
Future	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	remataren
Imperative
Affirmative		remata	remate	rematemos	rematade	rematen
Negative (non)		non remates	non remate	non rematemos	non rematedes	non rematen

    Reintegrated conjugation of rematar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rematar
Personal	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	rematarem
Gerund
	rematando
Past participle
Masculine	rematado			rematados
Feminine	rematada			rematadas
Indicative
Present	remato	rematas	remata	rematamos	rematades, rematais	rematam
Imperfect	rematava	rematavas	rematava	rematávamos	rematávades, rematáveis, rematávais1	rematavam
Preterite	rematei	remataste, rematache1	rematou	rematamos	rematastes	rematárom, remataram
Pluperfect	rematara	remataras	rematara	rematáramos	rematárades, rematáreis, rematárais1	remataram
Future	rematarei	rematarás	rematará	remataremos	remataredes, rematareis	rematarám, rematarão
Conditional	remataria	rematarias	remataria	remataríamos	remataríades, remataríeis, remataríais1	rematariam
Subjunctive
Present	remate	remates	remate	rematemos	rematedes, remateis	rematem
Imperfect	rematasse	rematasses	rematasse	rematássemos	rematássedes, rematásseis	rematassem
Future	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	rematarem
Imperative
Affirmative		remata	remate	rematemos	rematade, rematai	rematem
Negative (nom)		nom remates	nom remate	nom rematemos	nom rematedes, nom remateis	nom rematem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• matar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “rematar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “rematar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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, 2012–2026
• 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 (in Galician), 2014–2026
• 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^(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [he.maˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [he.maˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ɾ)/ [he.maˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.maˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.maˈta(ɻ)/ [he.maˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧ma‧tar

Verb

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

1. to finish off
2. to shoot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rematar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rematar
Personal	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	rematarem
Gerund
	rematando
Past participle
Masculine	rematado			rematados
Feminine	rematada			rematadas
Indicative
Present	remato	rematas	remata	rematamos	rematais	rematam
Imperfect	rematava	rematavas	rematava	rematávamos	rematáveis	rematavam
Preterite	rematei	remataste	rematou	rematamos1, rematámos2	rematastes	remataram
Pluperfect	rematara	remataras	rematara	rematáramos	rematáreis	remataram
Future	rematarei	rematarás	rematará	remataremos	rematareis	rematarão
Conditional	remataria	rematarias	remataria	remataríamos	remataríeis	rematariam
Subjunctive
Present	remate	remates	remate	rematemos	remateis	rematem
Imperfect	rematasse	rematasses	rematasse	rematássemos	rematásseis	rematassem
Future	rematar	rematares	rematar	rematarmos	rematardes	rematarem
Imperative
Affirmative		remata	remate	rematemos	rematai	rematem
Negative (não)		não remates	não remate	não rematemos	não remateis	não rematem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

• Macanese: ramatâ

Further reading

• “rematar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rematar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “rematar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• arrematar (colloquial)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱtósder.

Proto-Italic *maktos

Latin mactus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin mactāre?

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der.

Proto-Italic *madēō

Latin madēre

Latin *maditus

Late Latin mattusder.?

Vulgar Latin *mattāre?

Proto-Indo-European *met-der.

Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-)

Latin *matea

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ola

Latin mateola

Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea

Spanish maza

▲

Latin -ō

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish mazar?

Proto-Afroasiatic *mawut-

Proto-Semitic *mawut-

Arabic مَاتَ (māta)der.?

Spanish matar

Spanish rematar

From re- + matar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rematar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rematar
gerund			rematando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rematado		rematada
		plural		rematados		rematadas
		singular			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
	present	remato	rematastú rematásvos	remata	rematamos	rematáis	rematan
	imperfect	remataba	rematabas	remataba	rematábamos	rematabais	remataban
	preterite	rematé	remataste	remató	rematamos	rematasteis	remataron
	future	remataré	rematarás	rematará	remataremos	remataréis	rematarán
	conditional	remataría	rematarías	remataría	remataríamos	remataríais	rematarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	remate	rematestú rematésvos2	remate	rematemos	rematéis	rematen
	imperfect (ra)	rematara	remataras	rematara	rematáramos	rematarais	remataran
	imperfect (se)	rematase	rematases	rematase	rematásemos	remataseis	rematasen
	future1	rematare	rematares	rematare	rematáremos	rematareis	remataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rematatú rematávos	remate	rematemos	rematad	rematen
	negative		no remates	no remate	no rematemos	no rematéis	no rematen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rematar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rematar	dative	rematarme	rematarte	rematarle, rematarse	rematarnos	remataros	rematarles, rematarse
	accusative	rematarme	rematarte	rematarlo, rematarla, rematarse	rematarnos	remataros	rematarlos, rematarlas, rematarse
with gerund rematando	dative	rematándome	rematándote	rematándole, rematándose	rematándonos	rematándoos	rematándoles, rematándose
	accusative	rematándome	rematándote	rematándolo, rematándola, rematándose	rematándonos	rematándoos	rematándolos, rematándolas, rematándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative remata	dative	remátame	remátate	remátale	remátanos	not used	remátales
	accusative	remátame	remátate	remátalo, remátala	remátanos	not used	remátalos, remátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rematá	dative	rematame	rematate	rematale	rematanos	not used	rematales
	accusative	rematame	rematate	rematalo, rematala	rematanos	not used	rematalos, rematalas
with formal second-person singular imperative remate	dative	remáteme	not used	remátele, remátese	remátenos	not used	remáteles
	accusative	remáteme	not used	remátelo, remátela, remátese	remátenos	not used	remátelos, remátelas
with first-person plural imperative rematemos	dative	not used	rematémoste	rematémosle	rematémonos	rematémoos	rematémosles
	accusative	not used	rematémoste	rematémoslo, rematémosla	rematémonos	rematémoos	rematémoslos, rematémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rematad	dative	rematadme	not used	rematadle	rematadnos	remataos	rematadles
	accusative	rematadme	not used	rematadlo, rematadla	rematadnos	remataos	rematadlos, rematadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rematen	dative	remátenme	not used	remátenle	remátennos	not used	remátenles, remátense
	accusative	remátenme	not used	remátenlo, remátenla	remátennos	not used	remátenlos, remátenlas, remátense

Derived terms

• rematadamente
• rematador
• remate

Further reading

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