to finish off; to kill; to complete, to end, bring to an end, terminate; to buy or sell at an auction; to shoot at goal; to perish
“Remató al animal para que no sufriera más.” — He finished off the animal so that it would not suffer any more.
Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar, subastar
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-Europe