batear
Ladino
Verb
batear (Latin spelling)
- (transitive) to knock (at the door)
Usage notes
Usage is transitive, unlike in English:
- batear la puerta ― knock at the door
Spanish
Etymology
bate (“bat”) + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bateˈaɾ/ [ba.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧te‧ar
Verb
batear (first-person singular present bateo, first-person singular preterite bateé, past participle bateado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to bat (to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball)
Conjugation
Conjugation of batear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | batear | ||||||
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gerund | bateando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | bateado | bateada | |||||
plural | bateados | bateadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | bateo | bateastú bateásvos | batea | bateamos | bateáis | batean | |
imperfect | bateaba | bateabas | bateaba | bateábamos | bateabais | bateaban | |
preterite | bateé | bateaste | bateó | bateamos | bateasteis | batearon | |
future | batearé | batearás | bateará | batearemos | batearéis | batearán | |
conditional | batearía | batearías | batearía | batearíamos | batearíais | batearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | batee | bateestú bateésvos2 | batee | bateemos | bateéis | bateen | |
imperfect (ra) | bateara | batearas | bateara | bateáramos | batearais | batearan | |
imperfect (se) | batease | bateases | batease | bateásemos | bateaseis | bateasen | |
future1 | bateare | bateares | bateare | bateáremos | bateareis | batearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | bateatú bateávos | batee | bateemos | batead | bateen | ||
negative | no batees | no batee | no bateemos | no bateéis | no bateen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of batear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive batear | |||||||
dative | batearme | batearte | batearle, batearse | batearnos | batearos | batearles, batearse | |
accusative | batearme | batearte | batearlo, batearla, batearse | batearnos | batearos | batearlos, batearlas, batearse | |
with gerund bateando | |||||||
dative | bateándome | bateándote | bateándole, bateándose | bateándonos | bateándoos | bateándoles, bateándose | |
accusative | bateándome | bateándote | bateándolo, bateándola, bateándose | bateándonos | bateándoos | bateándolos, bateándolas, bateándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative batea | |||||||
dative | batéame | batéate | batéale | batéanos | not used | batéales | |
accusative | batéame | batéate | batéalo, batéala | batéanos | not used | batéalos, batéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bateá | |||||||
dative | bateame | bateate | bateale | bateanos | not used | bateales | |
accusative | bateame | bateate | batealo, bateala | bateanos | not used | batealos, batealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative batee | |||||||
dative | batéeme | not used | batéele, batéese | batéenos | not used | batéeles | |
accusative | batéeme | not used | batéelo, batéela, batéese | batéenos | not used | batéelos, batéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative bateemos | |||||||
dative | not used | bateémoste | bateémosle | bateémonos | bateémoos | bateémosles | |
accusative | not used | bateémoste | bateémoslo, bateémosla | bateémonos | bateémoos | bateémoslos, bateémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative batead | |||||||
dative | bateadme | not used | bateadle | bateadnos | bateaos | bateadles | |
accusative | bateadme | not used | bateadlo, bateadla | bateadnos | bateaos | bateadlos, bateadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative bateen | |||||||
dative | batéenme | not used | batéenle | batéennos | not used | batéenles, batéense | |
accusative | batéenme | not used | batéenlo, batéenla | batéennos | not used | batéenlos, batéenlas, batéense |
Derived terms
- bateo
Further reading
- “batear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014