battere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbat.te.re/
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  • Rhymes: -attere
  • Hyphenation: bàt‧te‧re

Verb

bàttere (first-person singular present bàtto, first-person singular past historic battéi, past participle battùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
    Synonyms: colpire, percuotere; see also Thesaurus:battere
    battere il ferro ― to strike the iron
    1. (transitive, intransitive, by extension) to beat (to move with pulsation)
      Synonym: pulsare
    2. (transitive, intransitive, by extension) to thresh (to separate grain)
  2. (transitive) to defeat, to overcome, to beat
    Synonyms: vincere, sconfiggere, superare, sbaragliare, abbattere, polverizzare
    mi ha battuto ― he beat me
  3. (transitive) to strike (a time)
    Synonyms: rintoccare, scandire, ritmare, suonare
    l'orologio batte le tre ― the clock strikes three
  4. (transitive) to type
  5. (transitive, by extension) to input the price of (an item) into a cash register
  6. (transitive) to hit (a body part) repeatedly
    battere le mani ― to clap (one's hands)
    battere i pugni ― to slam one's fists
    battere gli occhi ― to blink repeatedly
    battere i denti ― to chatter (one's teeth)
  7. (transitive) to stub (jam or hit a body part)
  8. (transitive) to frequent or hang out at (a place)
    Synonyms: percorrere, perlustrare, esplorare, ispezionare, rastrellare, frequentare, bazzicare, girare
    battere il night ― to frequent the nightclub
  9. (transitive) to mint; to coin
    battere moneta ― to coin (literally, “mint a coin”)
  10. (transitive) to prostitute
    Synonyms: prostituirsi, vendersi
  11. (transitive) to award in an auction
  12. (transitive) to compact a snowpack
  13. (transitive, hunting) to beat (strike to drive out game)
  14. (transitive, by extension) to chase (prey)
  15. (transitive, by extension) to patrol; to scour (of a police force)
  16. (transitive, card games) to play (a card)
  17. (transitive, card games) in the game of baccarà, to reveal (the cards)
  18. (transitive, sports) to serve
  19. (transitive, music) to mark the tempo (of a musical composition)
  20. (intransitive) (with contro, in, or su) to bump (into); (with con) to bump into something (with)
    Synonyms: sbattere, urtare, cozzare
  21. (intransitive) (with su or contro) to fall (on/over) violently; to hit
    la piove batte sui vetri ― the rain is hitting the glass
  22. (intransitive) (also with su) (of a light source, especially the sun) to illuminate; to shine
    Synonym: picchiare
  23. (intransitive) to knock
    Synonym: bussare
  24. (intransitive) (with su) to insist; to hammer
    Synonyms: insistere, perseverare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bàttere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive bàttere
auxiliary verb avére gerund battèndo
present participle battènte past participle battùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bàtto bàtti bàtte battiàmo battéte bàttono
imperfect battévo battévi battéva battevàmo battevàte battévano
past historic battéi battésti batté battémmo battéste battérono
future batterò batterài batterà batterémo batteréte batterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present batterèi batterésti batterèbbe, batterébbe batterémmo batteréste batterèbbero, batterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present bàtta bàtta bàtta battiàmo battiàte bàttano
imperfect battéssi battéssi battésse battéssimo battéste battéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bàtti bàtta battiàmo battéte bàttano
negative imperative non bàttere non bàtta non battiàmo non battéte non bàttano

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Pronunciation

Verb

battere

  1. inflection of battō:
    1. present passive indicative/imperative second-person singular
    2. present active infinitive

battēre

  1. future passive indicative second-person singular of battō
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