remate

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remate
masculine noun
1end (fin, colofón)
  • para remate -> to cap it all (colmo)
2overstitch (costura)
3top (architecture)
4shot (sport) (con el pie)shot at goal
  • remate de cabeza -> header (at goal)
  • remate a puerta -> (con el pie)
de remate
adjectival phrase
1totally, completely

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remate [ray-mah'-tay]
noun
1End, conclusion, expiration. (m)
  • Remate de cuentas -> closing of accounts
2An edge, a border, a limb. (m)
3The last or best bidding. (m)
4Artificial flowers put at the corners of altars. (m)
5Vignette, in a book. (m)
6Finial, the top or finishing of a pinnacle or gable; also, the entire pinnacle; abutment. (Architecture) (m)
  • De remate -> utterly, irremediably, without hope
7Sale (venta); (LAm.) auction (subasta). (Commerce) (m)

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remate
sustantivo:masculino
1 (cabo) end; (punta) tip; point; [de edificio, mueble] ornamental top;
2 (toque final)
como remate al concierto hizo un bis to round off the concert he played an encore
poner remate a algoponer to cap sth
de rematede (familiar)
está loco de remate he's stark raving mad; (familiar)
para rematepara (familiar) to crown it all; to top it all
para remate va y me insulta to crown top it all he went and insulted me;o
3 (Fútbol) (con el pie) shot; (con la cabeza) header
un remate de cabeza a header; un equipo sin remate a team with no finishing power
4 (Latinoamérica) (Com) (liquidación) bargain sale; (subasta) auction
5 (Bridge) bidding

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