# battere
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

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
** (transitive, intransitive, by extension) to beat (to move with pulsation) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: pulsare
** (transitive, intransitive, 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

#### Derived terms

* battere ai punti
* battere al coltello
* battere bandiera
* battere cassa
* battere i piedi
* battere i tacchi
* battere il capo nel muro
* battere il cinque
* battere il ferro finché è caldo
* battere il marciapiede
* battere il naso
* battere in ritirata
* battere la fiacca
* battere la grancassa
* battere la strada del vizio
* battere le ali
* battersela
* battersi
* battibaleno
* battibecco
* batticarne
* batticuore
* battimano
* battiscopa
* battistrada
* battito
* dove non batte il sole
* fare battere il cuore
* fare da battistrada
* in un batter d'occhio
* it
* la lingua batte dove il dente duole
* non batter ciglio
* non sapere dove battere la testa

#### Related terms

* abbattere
* battaglia
* batteria (not from Italian but Old French)
** batterista
* combattere
* sbattere

### Anagrams

* Beretta, beretta, brattee, erbetta

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* battere: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbat.te.re/, [ˈbät̪ːɛrɛ]
* battere: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbat.te.re/, [ˈbät̪ːere]
* battēre: (Classical Latin) IPA: /batˈteː.re/, [bät̪ˈt̪eːrɛ]
* battēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /batˈte.re/, [bät̪ˈt̪ɛːre]

### Verb

battere
* inflection of battō:
** present passive indicative/imperative second-person singular
** present active infinitive

### Verb

battēre
* future passive indicative second-person singular of battō