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batir

/baˈtiɾ/ verb B1
  1. to beat, to pound repeatedly (transitive) · batir las alas to flap (of a bird)· batir las palmas to clap
  2. to beat, whisk, whip (transitive)
  3. to beat, overcome (an opponent, record, etc.) (transitive)
  4. to coin (a word, etc.) (transitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
batir
Gerund
batiendo
Past participle
batido
Present (yo)
bato
Preterite (yo)
batí

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Con el albogue, Bato.
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 62 · C1
Donde tocaba Bato.
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 62 · C1
»Esto sentado, resulta interesante averiguar en virtud de qué influencias quedó desvirtuada y sin efecto, para ciertos díscolos temperamentos, la obra de la presión colectiva, y pudieron mantenerse, con leves e insuficientes adaptaciones, las agudas aristas traídas de la cantera orgánica, a despecho del perenne batir del oleaje social, que tiende a transformar todas las cabezas en cantos rodados, igualmente lisos, redondos y movedizos.
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 4 · C1
Un ciervo se escapó de la batida,
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 28 · C1

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