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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bate.

to beat (repeatedly hit for various purposes)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈba.te/

  1. to beat (repeatedly hit for various purposes)

    transitive
    a bate la ușă
    a bate untul

  2. to beat (give a beating)

    transitive

  3. to have a fight

    reciprocal

  4. to defeat

    informal · transitive

  5. to beat

    intransitive

  6. to blow

    transitive

  7. to shine

    transitive

  8. to wring (cause discomfort)

    transitive

  9. to mint (a coin)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. Compare Aromanian bat.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.