matrimoniar

Senses

1. 1.

   to marry, to wed

   to enter into the state of matrimony or join in marriage

Examples

• "Se matrimoniaron en la catedral hace diez años."

  They married in the cathedral ten years ago.

• "Mis padres se matrimoniaron jóvenes y tuvieron cinco hijos."

  My parents married young and had five children.

• "El sacerdote los matrimonió en una ceremonia tradicional."

  The priest married them in a traditional ceremony.

Usage

This is a formal or literary verb, less common in everyday speech than casarse. It is typically used reflexively (matrimoniarse) meaning 'to marry oneself to someone', or transitive with the priest or official as subject. Register: formal/ecclesiastical.