rematar
Spanish, verb/remaˈtaɾ/
rematar is spelled R-E-M-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rematar is a Spanish verb meaning “to finish off; to kill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar la muerte a un ser que agoniza”.
What does rematar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to finish off; to kill
Remató al animal para que no sufriera más.
- 2
to complete, to end, bring to an end, terminate
- 3
to buy or sell at an auction
- 4
to shoot at goal
- 5
to perish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar la muerte a un ser que agoniza. 2. Hacer lo necesario para que un asunto acabe. 3. Poner en venta mediante una subasta. 4. Vender algo a menor precio para acabar con las existencias.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rematar
- remato first-person present singular
- rematé first-person preterite singular
- rematado participle past
- rematando gerund
- rematada feminine participle past
- rematados masculine participle past
- rematadas feminine participle past
- rematas indicative informal present
- rematás indicative informal present
- remata indicative present singular
- rematamos first-person indicative plural
- rematáis indicative plural present
- rematan indicative plural present
- remataba first-person imperfect indicative
- rematabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rematábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rematabais imperfect indicative plural
- remataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rematar?
- /remaˈtaɾ/
- [re.maˈt̪aɾ]
- [remaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rematar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rematar in Spanish?
rematar appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).