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Meaning of battuo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈbat.tu.oː]

Definitions

  1. to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike
    conjugation-3, no-supine, rare
  2. to fence, play fencing; to fight
    conjugation-3, no-supine
  3. to bang (have sex with)
    conjugation-3, no-supine

Equivalents

العربية ضرب
Deutsch prügeln
English bang beat Drub
Français bâtonner fustiger
Gaeilge gread greasáil
Italiano bastonare fustigare
Kurdî bang banke
Latina fūstīgō
Русский колоти́ть
Svenska prygla

Examples

“c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.8.60”
“c. 400 CE, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis 36”
“230 CE, De re culinaria 4.2.108”
“121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Calig 54”
“62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.4”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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