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remate

Spanish, noun

remate is spelled R-E-M-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of remar combined with te. With an accent, rematé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of rematar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de rematar”.

What does remate mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineauction

  2. 2

    masculinemercy killing, finishing off

  3. 3

    masculineculmination, conclusion

  4. 4

    masculineend, tip, crown

  5. 5

    masculinepunch line

  6. 6

    masculinean ornamental finish

  7. 7

    masculineshot, smash, hit, spike

  8. 8

    masculineserif

verb

  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of remar combined with te

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  3. 3

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as rematé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of rematar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de rematar. 2. Fin o cabo, extremidad o conclusión de una cosa. 3. Lo que en las fábricas de arquitectura se sobrepone para coronarlas o adornar su parte superior. 4. Postura o proposición que obtiene la preferencia y se hace eficaz logrando la adjudicación en subastas o almonedas para compraventas, arriendos, obras o servicios.

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 remate

  • remates plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to remate

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is remate in Spanish?

remate appears 7.8 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).

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