rebater
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.baˈte(ʁ)/
rebater is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bounce (to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bater novamente ou de volta”.
What does rebater mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bounce (to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle)
- 2
to hit something so it bounces back
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bater novamente ou de volta 2. aparar um golpe; rechaçar, repelir 3. contestar, desmentir, refutar
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 rebater
- rebato first-person present singular
- rebati first-person preterite singular
- rebatido participle past
- rebateres infinitive second-person singular
- rebatermos first-person infinitive plural
- rebaterdes infinitive plural second-person
- rebaterem infinitive plural third-person
- rebatendo gerund
- rebatidos masculine participle past
- rebatida feminine participle past
- rebatidas feminine participle past
- rebates indicative present second-person
- rebate indicative present singular
- rebatemos first-person indicative plural
- rebateis indicative plural present
- rebatem indicative plural present
- rebatia first-person imperfect indicative
- rebatias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebater?
- Brazil /ʁe.baˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.baˈte(h)]
- /ʁe.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 rebater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rebater in Portuguese?
rebater appears 1.3 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).