abater
English
Etymology
abate + -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪ.tɚ/
Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
abater (plural abaters)
- One who, or that which, abates. [From 16th century.]
- 1583, Robert Parry (translator), The Second Part of the Myrror of Knighthood by Pedro de la Sierra, London, Thomas Este, Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 21,
- This is the great Prince of Grecia, called the Knight of the Sunne, restorer of the auncient kingdome of Tinacria, & the abater and breaker of the strength of the most strongest Giants in all the world.
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, Practical Rules of Diet in the Various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 1, section 26, p. 281,
- Anodyne, or Abaters of Pain of the Alimentary Kind. Such things as relax the Tension of the affected nervous Fibres […]
- 1908, John H. Wallace, Preservation of the Game, Fish and Forests of Alabama, address given before the Alabama Press Association, 23 July, 1908, State Printers and Binders, p. 6,
- As a fever germ abater in a malarial district, a flock of bull-bats is worth a grove of quinine trees.
- 1972, David I. Cook and David F. Van Haverbeke, “Trees and shrubs can curb noise, but with quite a few loud ‘ifs’,” in The Yearbook of Agriculture, 972, Washington, D.C.: US Department of Agriculture, p. 28,
- […] research is proving the effectiveness of trees and shrubs as noise abaters—research prompted by the growing awareness that excessive noise is a form of environmental pollution.
- 1583, Robert Parry (translator), The Second Part of the Myrror of Knighthood by Pedro de la Sierra, London, Thomas Este, Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 21,
Translations
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Anagrams
- bat ear, rabate, trabea
Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abater (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *abbattō, from Latin ad- + battuō, from Gaulish. Cognate with Portuguese abater, Spanish abatir, French abattre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈteɾ/
Verb
abater (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatín, past participle abatido)
- (transitive) to bend, lower
- Synonyms: abaixar, amoucar
- to bring the grapevine and its tendrils to the beams and props prepared for growing it
- (transitive) to overthrow, to throw down
- (transitive) to defeat
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bend, lean
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become dispirited
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | abater | |||||
personal | abater | abateres | abater | abatermos | abaterdes | abateren |
Gerund | ||||||
abatendo | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | abatido | abatidos | ||||
feminine | abatida | abatidas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | abato | abates | abate | abatemos | abatedes | abaten |
imperfect | abatía | abatías | abatía | abatiamos | abatiades | abatían |
preterite | abatín | abatiches | abateu | abatemos | abatestes | abateron |
pluperfect | abatera | abateras | abatera | abateramos | abaterades | abateran |
future | abaterei | abaterás | abaterá | abateremos | abateredes | abaterán |
conditional | abatería | abaterías | abatería | abateriamos | abateriades | abaterían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | abata | abatas | abata | abatamos | abatades | abatan |
preterite | abatese | abateses | abatese | abatésemos | abatésedes | abatesen |
future | abater | abateres | abater | abatermos | abaterdes | abateren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | abate | abata | abatamos | abatede | abatan |
negative | – | abatas | abata | abatamos | abatades | abatan |
Derived terms
- abatíbel
Related terms
- bater
References
- “abater” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “abat” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “abater” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “abater” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “abater” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese abater, from Vulgar Latin *abbattō, from Latin ad- + battuō, from Gaulish. Cognate with Galician abater, Spanish abatir, Catalan abatre, French abattre, Italian abbattere, and Romanian abate.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˈte(ʁ)/ [a.baˈte(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.baˈte(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.baˈte(ʁ)/ [a.baˈte(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.baˈte(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈteɾ/ [ɐ.βɐˈteɾ]
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ter
Verb
abater (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abati, past participle abatido)
- (intransitive) to collapse
- (intransitive) to topple
- (transitive) to slaughter
- (intransitive) to abate, weaken
- (transitive) to reduce
- inflection of abater:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | abater | |||||
Personal | abater | abateres | abater | abatermos | abaterdes | abaterem |
Gerund | ||||||
abatendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | abatido | abatidos | ||||
Feminine | abatida | abatidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | abato | abates | abate | abatemos | abateis | abatem |
Imperfect | abatia | abatias | abatia | abatíamos | abatíeis | abatiam |
Preterite | abati | abateste | abateu | abatemos | abatestes | abateram |
Pluperfect | abatera | abateras | abatera | abatêramos | abatêreis | abateram |
Future | abaterei | abaterás | abaterá | abateremos | abatereis | abaterão |
Conditional | ||||||
abateria | abaterias | abateria | abateríamos | abateríeis | abateriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | abata | abatas | abata | abatamos | abatais | abatam |
Imperfect | abatesse | abatesses | abatesse | abatêssemos | abatêsseis | abatessem |
Future | abater | abateres | abater | abatermos | abaterdes | abaterem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | abate | abata | abatamos | abatei | abatam | |
Negative (não) | não abatas | não abata | não abatamos | não abatais | não abatam |
Derived terms
- abatedouro
Related terms
- bater
Further reading
- “abater” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “abater” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “abater” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “abater” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “abater” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “abater” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.