Meanings (ES + gloss)
latido • pulsación
A pulsation or throb.
a beat of the heart
the beat of the pulse
pulsaciones (por minuto)
A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
jurisdicción
An area of a person's responsibility, especially
There has been a bad business during the night at 3, Lauriston Gardens, off the Brixton Road. Our man on the beat saw a light there about two in the morning, and as the house was a…
to walk the beat
sector • ámbito • área
An area of a person's responsibility, especially
As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.
batida
The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them.
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
apalizar • aporrear • batir • golpear • pegar
To hit; to strike.
As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.
Thomas Limbrick, who was only nine years of age, said he lived with his mother when Deborah was beat: that his mother throwed her down all along with her hands; and then against a…
apalear • apalizar • aporracear • aporrear • golpear [repetidamente] • paporrear • percutar • percutir • solfear • sopapear • tundear • tundir • vapulear • zurrar
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.
latir (el corazón)
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
A thousand hearts beat happily.
O heart, how fares it with thee now, That thou should’st fail from thy desire, Who scarcely darest to inquire, ‘What is it makes me beat so low?’
aventajar • batir • causear • derrotar • ganar • profligar • vencer
To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
Jan had little trouble beating John in tennis. He lost five games in a row.
No matter how quickly Joe finished his test, Roger always beat him.
barloventear
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
batir • revolver • sacudir
To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
Beat the eggs and whip the cream.
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