battere

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
  2. (ambitransitive, broadly, transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
  3. (ambitransitive, broadly, transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
  4. (transitive) to defeat, to overcome, to beat
  5. (transitive) to strike (a time)
  6. (transitive) to type
  7. (broadly, transitive) to input the price of (an item) into a cash register
  8. (transitive) to hit (a body part) repeatedly
  9. (transitive) to stub (jam or hit a body part)
  10. (transitive) to frequent or hang out at (a place)
  11. (transitive) to mint; to coin
  12. (transitive) to prostitute
  13. (transitive) to award in an auction
  14. (transitive) to compact a snowpack
  15. (transitive) to beat (strike to drive out game)
  16. (broadly, transitive) to chase (prey)
  17. (broadly, transitive) to patrol; to scour (of a police force)
  18. (transitive) to play (a card)
  19. (transitive) in the game of baccarà, to reveal (the cards)
  20. (transitive) to serve
  21. (transitive) to mark the tempo (of a musical composition)
  22. (intransitive) (with contro, in, or su) to bump (into); (with con) to bump into something (with)
  23. (intransitive) (with su or contro) to fall (on/over) violently; to hit
  24. (intransitive) (also with su) (of a light source, especially the sun) to illuminate; to shine
  25. (intransitive) to knock
  26. (intransitive) (with su) to insist; to hammer

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
bàt‧te‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbat.te.re/
Etymology

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

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