matear

Portuguese

Etymology

From mate (“maté”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.teˈa(h)], /ma.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /maˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [maˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (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)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtja.ɾi/

Verb

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

1. (South Brazil, intransitive) to drink hot maté

   Synonyms: (less common) chimarrear, (rare) chimarronear

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 +‎ -ear.

Verb

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

1. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) to drink mate, yerba mate

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.

    Selected combined forms of matear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive matear
	dative	matearme	matearte	matearle, matearse	matearnos	matearos	matearles, matearse
	accusative	matearme	matearte	matearlo, matearla, matearse	matearnos	matearos	matearlos, matearlas, matearse
with gerund mateando
	dative	mateándome	mateándote	mateándole, mateándose	mateándonos	mateándoos	mateándoles, mateándose
	accusative	mateándome	mateándote	mateándolo, mateándola, mateándose	mateándonos	mateándoos	mateándolos, mateándolas, mateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative matea
	dative	matéame	matéate	matéale	matéanos	not used	matéales
	accusative	matéame	matéate	matéalo, matéala	matéanos	not used	matéalos, matéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mateá
	dative	mateame	mateate	mateale	mateanos	not used	mateales
	accusative	mateame	mateate	matealo, mateala	mateanos	not used	matealos, matealas
with formal second-person singular imperative matee
	dative	matéeme	not used	matéele, matéese	matéenos	not used	matéeles
	accusative	matéeme	not used	matéelo, matéela, matéese	matéenos	not used	matéelos, matéelas
with first-person plural imperative mateemos
	dative	not used	mateémoste	mateémosle	mateémonos	mateémoos	mateémosles
	accusative	not used	mateémoste	mateémoslo, mateémosla	mateémonos	mateémoos	mateémoslos, mateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative matead
	dative	mateadme	not used	mateadle	mateadnos	mateaos	mateadles
	accusative	mateadme	not used	mateadlo, mateadla	mateadnos	mateaos	mateadlos, mateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mateen
	dative	matéenme	not used	matéenle	matéennos	not used	matéenles, matéense
	accusative	matéenme	not used	matéenlo, matéenla	matéennos	not used	matéenlos, matéenlas, matéense

Related terms

• mate

 

Further reading

• “matear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014