bater
Portuguese, verb/baˈte(ʁ)/
bater is spelled B-A-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bater is a Portuguese verb meaning “to beat; to beat up (to attack someone violently)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar pancada, com objeto, com a mão ou com o pé, em; golpear”.
What does bater mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat; to beat up (to attack someone violently)
O valentão gosta de bater nos colegas mais fracos.
- 2
to hit; to strike (to collide with violently)
O pássaro bateu no vidro e morreu.
- 3
to crash (to cause something to collide)
Liguei para a emergência porque bati o carro.
- 4
to clap (to repeatedly strike two objects, especially the hands)
Não creio que a audiência baterá as palmas.
- 5
to knock (to hit an object rhythmically in order to get someone’s attention)
Bati na janela do meu amigo para ele acordar.
- 6
to beat (to play a percussion instrument)
Eu bato tambor em todos os eventos do nosso clube.
- 7
to close something (such as a door or drawer) violently
Ela ficou brava, correu para o seu quarto e bateu a porta.
- 8
Brazilto snap (to create a photograph)
Pedi a um turista para bater uma foto de nós.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar pancada, com objeto, com a mão ou com o pé, em; golpear 2. dar pancada, golpear (tapete, carpete) com pau ou equivalente, para que liberte o pó e o lixo 3. arremessar contra algo, normalmente uma pedra, para que liberte o lixo (tapete, carpete) ou para facilitar a lavagem (roupa) 4. projetar com estrondo (a porta), empurrando ou puxando com força
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bater
- bato first-person present singular
- bati first-person preterite singular
- batido participle past
- bateres infinitive second-person singular
- batermos first-person infinitive plural
- baterdes infinitive plural second-person
- baterem infinitive plural third-person
- batendo gerund
- batidos masculine participle past
- batida feminine participle past
- batidas feminine participle past
- bates indicative present second-person
- bate indicative present singular
- batemos first-person indicative plural
- bateis indicative plural present
- batem indicative plural present
- batia first-person imperfect indicative
- batias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bater?
- Brazil /baˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [baˈte(h)]
- /baˈte(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bater in Portuguese?
bater appears 52 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).