bateria
Meaning
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- (feminine) battery (group of electrochemical cells used to power electric devices)
- (feminine) battery (coordinated group of artillery weapons)
- (feminine,figuratively) a series of coordinated actions
- (feminine) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ba鈥e鈥i鈥
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.te藞删i.蓯/
Etymology
Borrowed from French batterie.
New
bater
- (intransitive) to beat; to beat up (to attack someone violently)
- (intransitive) to hit; to strike (to collide with violently)
- (transitive) to crash (to cause something to collide)
- (transitive) to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects, especially the hands)
- (intransitive) to knock (to hit an object rhythmically in order to get someone鈥檚 attention)
- (intransitive,transitive) to beat (to play a percussion instrument)
- (transitive) to close something (such as a door or drawer) violently
- (Brazil,transitive) to snap (to create a photograph)
- (transitive) to scout (to explore a wide terrain)
- (transitive) to whisk; to whip; to beat (to mix in a rapid aerating fashion)
- (transitive) to flail an object, such as a rug or piece of clothing, in order to remove dust or water from it
- (Brazil,impersonal,informal,transitive) to get (a feeling, especially one that is not very strong)
- (intransitive) to rush (to go somewhere very fast)
- (intransitive) to shine (on) (of a light); to be cast (over) (of a shadow)
- (intransitive) of the heart: to beat; to pulsate
- (transitive) to beat; to flutter; to flap (to move one鈥檚 wings)
- (transitive) to beat; to defeat
- (transitive) to beat (to achieve a better value than)
- (intransitive) to reach
- (pronominal) to struggle (to have difficulty in doing something)
- (intransitive) to match (to be equal or corresponding)
- (transitive) to perform a game-restarting kick (such as a penalty kick or free kick)
- (Brazil,slang,transitive) to pick; to pickpocket (to steal something by sleight of hand)
- (intransitive) to occur (of a special occasion)
- (intransitive) to tap out (to punch or tap the floor, indicating submission)
- (transitive) to lock a padlock
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