bater bem
Portuguese, verb/baˈte(ʁ) ˈbẽj̃/
bater bem is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be sane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bater bem mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto be sane
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. gozar de todas as faculdades mentais em seu estado considerado plenamente sano
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 bem
- bato bem first-person present singular
- bati bem first-person preterite singular
- batido bem participle past
- bateres bem infinitive second-person singular
- batermos bem first-person infinitive plural
- baterdes bem infinitive plural second-person
- baterem bem infinitive plural third-person
- batendo bem gerund
- batidos bem masculine participle past
- batida bem feminine participle past
- batidas bem feminine participle past
- bates bem indicative present second-person
- bate bem indicative present singular
- batemos bem first-person indicative plural
- bateis bem indicative plural present
- batem bem indicative plural present
- batia bem first-person imperfect indicative
- batias bem 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 bem?
- Brazil /baˈte(ʁ) ˈbẽj̃/
- Brazil [baˈte(h) ˈbẽɪ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.