Meaning of bată | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a surname
   masculine
2. belt, girdle
   feminine
3. club, cudgel, cosh
   feminine
4. female equivalent of bât:
   feminine
5. grandmother
   feminine
6. a commune of Arad County, Romania
   feminine
7. hopelessly bad at something
   colloquial, feminine
8. old woman
   feminine
9. a village in Bata, Arad County, Romania
   feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Dar Matei (contabilul) era bâtă la capitolul dragoste, nesimțitor ca un lemn cioplit în formă de statuie.”

But Matei (the accountant) was incompetent when it came to love, unfeeling as a piece of wood wrought in the shape of a statue.

“Cei din unitatea lui au hotărât să-l lase în baza de instrucție pentru că nu știe să tragă cu arma, e bâtă.”

His unit chose to leave him behind at the training base because he can’t shoot, really can’t shoot.

“[…]a încercat să-l învețe limba bască pe cumnatul său. Au renunțat. Guille era bâtă la limbi străine.”

[…] he tried to teach his brother-in-law Basque. They gave up. Guille was hopeless when it came to foreign languages.

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