bato

batir

  1. (transitive) to beat, to pound repeatedly
  2. (transitive) to beat, whisk, whip
  3. (transitive) to beat, overcome (an opponent, record, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to coin (a word, etc.)

Hyphenated as
ba‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbato/
Etymology

In summary

Probably from Ancient Greek βάττος (báttos, “stutterer”), of imitative origin. See also βατταλογέω (battalogéō, “to stammer”), English bay⁴ (“to bark, bay, howl”).

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