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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

zbate.

to struggle (make forceful movements)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈzba.te/
  1. to struggle (make forceful movements)

    reflexive
  2. to struggle (strive, contend)

    reflexive
  3. to struggle (be in hardship)

    reflexive
  4. to sway (be moved back and forth, typically in the wind)

    reflexive
  5. to rush

    poetic · reflexive
  6. to twitch

    reflexive
  7. synonym of bate (“to beat, repeatedly hit”)

    obsolete · transitive
  8. synonym of bate (“to whip foodstuffs”)

    obsolete · regional · transitive
  9. to sift

    obsolete · transitive
  10. to haggle

    reciprocal · regional
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exbattere. Compare Aromanian zbat, Italian sbattere, Venetan sbàter, sbàtar, Sicilian sbàttiri, Friulian sbati.

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