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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