batear

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Ladino

Verb

batear

  1. (transitive) to knock (at the door)

Usage notes

Usage is transitive, unlike in English:

batear la puerta ― knock at the door

Spanish

Etymology

From bate (“bat”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bateˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ba‧te‧ar

Verb

batear (first-person singular present bateo, first-person singular preterite bateé, past participle bateado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to bat (to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of batear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive batear
gerund bateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bateado bateada
plural bateados bateadas
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 bateo bateastú
bateásvos 		batea bateamos bateáis batean
imperfect bateaba bateabas bateaba bateábamos bateabais bateaban
preterite bateé bateaste bateó bateamos bateasteis batearon
future batearé batearás bateará batearemos batearéis batearán
conditional batearía batearías batearía batearíamos batearíais batearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present batee bateestú
bateésvos2 		batee bateemos bateéis bateen
imperfect
(ra) 		bateara batearas bateara bateáramos batearais batearan
imperfect
(se) 		batease bateases batease bateásemos bateaseis bateasen
future1 bateare bateares bateare bateáremos bateareis batearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative bateatú
bateávos 		batee bateemos batead bateen
negative no batees no batee no bateemos no bateéis no bateen

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

    Selected combined forms of batear

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 batear dative batearme batearte batearle, batearse batearnos batearos batearles, batearse
accusative batearme batearte batearlo, batearla, batearse batearnos batearos batearlos, batearlas, batearse
with gerund bateando dative bateándome bateándote bateándole, bateándose bateándonos bateándoos bateándoles, bateándose
accusative bateándome bateándote bateándolo, bateándola, bateándose bateándonos bateándoos bateándolos, bateándolas, bateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative batea dative batéame batéate batéale batéanos not used batéales
accusative batéame batéate batéalo, batéala batéanos not used batéalos, batéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bateá dative bateame bateate bateale bateanos not used bateales
accusative bateame bateate batealo, bateala bateanos not used batealos, batealas
with formal second-person singular imperative batee dative batéeme not used batéele, batéese batéenos not used batéeles
accusative batéeme not used batéelo, batéela, batéese batéenos not used batéelos, batéelas
with first-person plural imperative bateemos dative not used bateémoste bateémosle bateémonos bateémoos bateémosles
accusative not used bateémoste bateémoslo, bateémosla bateémonos bateémoos bateémoslos, bateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative batead dative bateadme not used bateadle bateadnos bateaos bateadles
accusative bateadme not used bateadlo, bateadla bateadnos bateaos bateadlos, bateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bateen dative batéenme not used batéenle batéennos not used batéenles, batéense
accusative batéenme not used batéenlo, batéenla batéennos not used batéenlos, batéenlas, batéense

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