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IPA^(key): /ˈbat.te.re/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -attere
Hyphenation: bàt‧te‧re

Verb

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bàttere (first-person singular present bàtto, first-person singular past historic battéi, past participle battùto, auxiliary avére)

(transitive) to beat, to strike, to hit
Synonyms: colpire, percuotere; see also Thesaurus:battere

battere il ferro ― to strike the iron
1. (ambitransitive, by extension) to beat (to move with pulsation) [auxiliary avere]
  Synonym: pulsare
2. (ambitransitive, by extension) to thresh (to separate grain) [auxiliary avere]
(transitive) to defeat, to overcome, to beat
Synonyms: vincere, sconfiggere, superare, sbaragliare, abbattere, polverizzare

mi ha battuto ― he beat me
(transitive) to strike (a time)
Synonyms: rintoccare, scandire, ritmare, suonare

l'orologio batte le tre ― the clock strikes three
(transitive) to type
(transitive, by extension) to input the price of (an item) into a cash register
(transitive) to hit (a body part) repeatedly
battere le mani ― to clap (one's hands)

battere i pugni ― to slam one's fists

battere gli occhi ― to blink repeatedly

battere i denti ― to chatter (one's teeth)
(transitive) to stub (jam or hit a body part)
(transitive) to frequent or hang out at (a place)
Synonyms: percorrere, perlustrare, esplorare, ispezionare, rastrellare, frequentare, bazzicare, girare

battere il night ― to frequent the nightclub
(transitive) to mint; to coin
battere moneta ― to coin (literally, “mint a coin”)
(transitive) to prostitute
Synonyms: prostituirsi, vendersi
(transitive) to award in an auction
(transitive) to compact a snowpack
(transitive, hunting) to beat (strike to drive out game)
(transitive, by extension) to chase (prey)
(transitive, by extension) to patrol; to scour (of a police force)
(transitive, card games) to play (a card)
(transitive, card games) in the game of baccarà, to reveal (the cards)
(transitive, sports) to serve
(transitive, music) to mark the tempo (of a musical composition)
(intransitive) (with contro, in, or su) to bump (into); (with con) to bump into something (with) [auxiliary avere]
Synonyms: sbattere, urtare, cozzare
(intransitive) (with su or contro) to fall (on/over) violently; to hit [auxiliary avere]
la piove batte sui vetri ― the rain is hitting the glass
(intransitive) (also with su) (of a light source, especially the sun) to illuminate; to shine [auxiliary avere]
Synonym: picchiare
(intransitive) to knock [auxiliary avere]
Synonym: bussare
(intransitive) (with su) to insist; to hammer [auxiliary avere]
Synonyms: insistere, perseverare

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bàttere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	bàttere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		battèndo
present participle		battènte	past participle		battùto
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	bàtto	bàtti	bàtte	battiàmo	battéte	bàttono
imperfect	battévo	battévi	battéva	battevàmo	battevàte	battévano
past historic	battéi	battésti	batté	battémmo	battéste	battérono
future	batterò	batterài	batterà	batterémo	batteréte	batterànno
conditional	batterèi	batterésti	batterèbbe, batterébbe	batterémmo	batteréste	batterèbbero, batterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	bàtta	bàtta	bàtta	battiàmo	battiàte	bàttano
imperfect	battéssi	battéssi	battésse	battéssimo	battéste	battéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
imperative	bàtti	bàtta	battiàmo	battéte	bàttano
negative imperative	non bàttere	non bàtta	non battiàmo	non battéte	non bàttano