matear

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish matear.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(h)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.teˈa(ɾ)/, /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(χ)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.teˈa(ɻ)/

Verb

matear (first-person singular present mateio, first-person singular preterite mateei, past participle mateado)

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul, intransitive) to drink maté
    Synonym: (rare) chimarrear
    • 2008, Porca Véia, “Mateando Solito” (1:56 from the start), in De Alma Serrana:
      Como é triste companheiro / Tenho que matear sozinho […] Num rancho quase tapera / Sem amor e sem carinho
      /maˈt͡ʃjaʁ/
      How sad it is, my comrade. I must drink maté alone in a mostly abandoned ranch, without love or care.
    • 2012, Mano Lima, “Rubens Colombo Lima” (0:25 from the start), in Batendo Estribo:
      Hoje levantei cedo demais / Senti saudade tua meu pai / Olhei pra cadeira onde mateava, tava vazia / E um silêncio tomou conta de mim
      /matiˈava/
      Today, I woke up too early. I missed my dad. I looked at the chair where (he) used to drink mate, it was empty and a silence took hold of me.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of matear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal matear
Personal matear mateares matear matearmos mateardes matearem
Gerund
mateando
Past participle
Masculine mateado mateados
Feminine mateada mateadas
Indicative
Present mateio mateias mateia mateamos mateais mateiam
Imperfect mateava mateavas mateava mateávamos mateáveis mateavam
Preterite mateei mateaste mateou mateamos1, mateámos2 mateastes matearam
Pluperfect mateara matearas mateara mateáramos mateáreis matearam
Future matearei matearás mateará matearemos mateareis matearão
Conditional matearia matearias matearia matearíamos matearíeis mateariam
Subjunctive
Present mateie mateies mateie mateemos mateeis mateiem
Imperfect mateasse mateasses mateasse mateássemos mateásseis mateassem
Future matear mateares matear matearmos mateardes matearem
Imperative
Affirmative mateia mateie mateemos mateai mateiem
Negative (não) não mateies não mateie não mateemos não mateeis não mateiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From mate (“maté”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mateˈaɾ/ [ma.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧te‧ar

Verb

matear (first-person singular present mateo, first-person singular preterite mateé, past participle mateado)

  1. (Rioplatense, intransitive) to drink maté

Conjugation

    Conjugation of matear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive matear
gerund mateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mateado mateada
plural mateados mateadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mateo mateastú
mateásvos 		matea mateamos mateáis matean
imperfect mateaba mateabas mateaba mateábamos mateabais mateaban
preterite mateé mateaste mateó mateamos mateasteis matearon
future matearé matearás mateará matearemos matearéis matearán
conditional matearía matearías matearía matearíamos matearíais matearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present matee mateestú
mateésvos2 		matee mateemos mateéis mateen
imperfect
(ra) 		mateara matearas mateara mateáramos matearais matearan
imperfect
(se) 		matease mateases matease mateásemos mateaseis mateasen
future1 mateare mateares mateare mateáremos mateareis matearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative mateatú
mateávos 		matee mateemos matead mateen
negative no matees no matee no mateemos no mateéis no mateen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: matear

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