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)]

• (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 (lyrics and music), “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 (lyrics and music), “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.

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

Further reading

• “matear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28