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Galician
Verb
combate
- inflection of combater:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Verb
combate
- to combat
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
- Hyphenation: com‧ba‧te
Etymology 1
Noun
combate m (plural combates)
- combat; fighting; conflict
- (military) a battle, especially a short one; skirmish
- Synonyms: batalha, (chiefly historical) escaramuça
- (martial arts, blood sports) fighting, or a fight, in a sport context
- Synonym: luta
- (figuratively) fierce campaigning or effort against something; war
- Synonyms: luta, enfrentamento
Etymology 2
Verb
combate
- inflection of combater:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French combattre, with conjugation based on bate.
Pronunciation
Verb
a combate (third-person singular present combate, past participle combătut) 3rd conj.
- to combat, fight, struggle against
- Synonym: lupta
- to control; to take measures against; to beat or force back
Conjugation
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komˈbate/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: com‧ba‧te
Etymology 1
Deverbal from combatir.
Noun
combate m (plural combates)
- combat
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
combate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of combar combined with te
- inflection of combatir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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