abatir
Meaning
- (transitive) to bring down, to shoot down
- (reflexive, transitive) to swoop down
- (reflexive, transitive) to demolish, to knock down, to defeat
- (reflexive, transitive) to depress (to make depressed) or discourage
- (obsolete, reflexive, transitive) to humble
Concepts
quiten
shoot dead
Synonyms
hacer caer
echar cairel a la ropa
perder el equilibrio
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧ba‧tir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/abaˈtiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish abatir (“to bring down”), from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Compare English abate.
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