rema
Spanish, noun
rema is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of remar. With an accent, remá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of remar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En la gramática discursiva, parte de la oración que desarrolla el asunto al que el discurso ya hacía…”.
What does rema mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of remar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En la gramática discursiva, parte de la oración que desarrolla el asunto al que el discurso ya hacía referencia, llamado por contraposición tema. En la mayoría de los casos coincide con la información nueva aportada por la oración o cláusula, y corresponde secuencialmente a la parte que sucede al tema.
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de remar.
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 rema
- remas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rema in Spanish?
rema appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).