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remate

finish

noun rreh-MAH-teh Rare
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Also means

shot (sports), final touch

Usage Note

Remate has a core sense of 'finishing blow' and branches into sport (un remate a puerta = a shot on goal) and colloquial intensification (loco de remate = completely mad, de remate meaning 'utterly'). In auctions, remate is also the closing bid or the auction itself in some Latin American countries.

Examples

"El delantero falló el remate en el último minuto."

Natural Translation

The striker missed the shot in the last minute.

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