Beat

//biːt//

Synonyms for "beat" (1195 found)

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503 translations across 113 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • dëkoj verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • mëshoj verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • rraf verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • rraf verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πλήσσω verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • τύπτω verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Arabic

4 entries
  • نَبْض noun (pulsation)
  • خَفَقَ verb (to mix food)
  • دَقَّ verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • رقع verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Armenian

4 entries
  • բաբախել verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • զարկել verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • ծեծել verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • հաղթել verb (to win against)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • bat (roa-rup) verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • döyünmək noun (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency)
  • döyüntü noun (pulsation)
  • ritm noun (rhythm)
  • basmaq verb (to win against)

Bangi

1 entries
  • bete verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • біць verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • пабі́ць verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • уда́рыць verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • удара́ць verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Bengali

4 entries
  • তাল noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • তাল noun (rhythm)
  • জেতা verb (to win against)
  • পেটা verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ри́тъм noun (rhythm)
  • такт noun (rhythm)
  • би́я verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • бия verb (to mix food)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • sagamare verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • surrare verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Catalan

4 entries
  • batec noun (pulsation)
  • bategar verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • batre verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • batre verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏠᏍᎦ verb (to win against)

Chinese

2 entries
  • да verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • да verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • 拍子 noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • 勝利 /胜利 verb (to win against)
  • verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • бити verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ҫап verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Czech

4 entries
  • bušit verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • bít verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bít verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • mlátit verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Dalmatian

2 entries
  • batar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • báter verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Danish

1 entries
  • slå verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgemat adj (exhausted)
  • bekaf adj (exhausted)
  • mieters adj (fabulous)
  • uitgeput adj (exhausted)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • bati verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bati verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • bati verb (to mix food)
  • venki verb (to win against)

Even

1 entries
  • куси verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Finnish

4 entries
  • loppu adj (exhausted)
  • puhki adj (exhausted)
  • uupunut adj (exhausted)
  • ajo noun (hunting: act of scouring, or ranging over)

French

4 entries
  • claqué adj (exhausted)
  • crevé adj (exhausted)
  • épuisé adj (exhausted)
  • battement noun (pulsation)

Friulian

2 entries
  • bati verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bati verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Galician

4 entries
  • bater verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bater verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • bourar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • latexar verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)

Gallurese

2 entries
  • addubbà verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • fusticà verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

German

4 entries
  • Beat noun (rhythm)
  • Grundschlag noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • Schlag noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • Schwebung noun (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Greek

1 entries
  • διακρότημα noun (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הביס verb (to win against)
  • היכה \ הִכָּה verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Hindi

3 entries
  • जीतना verb (to win against)
  • पीटना verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • मारना verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csorog verb (nautical - to sail to windward)
  • legyőz verb (to win against)
  • lüktet verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • megver verb (to win against)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • schwaarte verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • taktslag noun (pulse on the beat level)

Ido

2 entries
  • batar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • batar verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • iskiä verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • issuttaa verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • kleittää verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • kommia verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Irish

4 entries
  • béim noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • buail verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • gread verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • gread verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries
  • båte verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Italian

4 entries
  • battito noun (pulsation)
  • pulsazione noun (pulsation)
  • ritmo noun (rhythm)
  • ronda noun (patrolled route)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 区切り noun (short pause)
  • 句切り noun (short pause)
  • noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • 拍子 noun (pulse on the beat level)

Kalenjin

1 entries
  • piring' verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Kalmyk

2 entries
  • цокх verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • цокх verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Kashmiri

4 entries
  • زینُن verb (to win against)
  • لایُن verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • چوب دِنؠ verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • ہار دِنؠ verb (to win against)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сою verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • vèi verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឈ្នះ verb (to win against)
  • វាយ verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • hora verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Korean

4 entries
  • noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • 박자 noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • 이기다 verb (to win against)
  • 치다 verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • уруу verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Ladino

2 entries
  • aharvar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • ajarvar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕີ verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Latin

4 entries
  • rhythmus noun (rhythm)
  • battuo verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • cūdō verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • plangō verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sist verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Lingala

2 entries
  • bete verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • kobete verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Lombard

1 entries
  • batt verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • biś verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Luhya

1 entries
  • khupa verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • такт noun (rhythm)
  • бие verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Malay

1 entries
  • rentak noun (rhythm)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അടിക്കുക verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Maltese

1 entries
  • sawwat verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • bonal verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • urema verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Middle English

4 entries
  • beten verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • beten verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • beten verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • beten verb (to win against)

Māori

4 entries
  • taki noun (rhythm)
  • ūngeri noun (rhythm)
  • kake verb (nautical - to sail to windward)
  • kapakapa verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • vatte verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Nepali

4 entries
  • जित्नु verb (to win against)
  • टप्नु verb (to win against)
  • ठोक्नु verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • हराउनु verb (to win against)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • ufufua verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • urema verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Norman

4 entries
  • battre verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • battre verb (to win against)
  • battre verb (to mix food)
  • dêfoncer verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • lê dan verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • lê xistin verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • slå verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • slå verb (to win against)

Occitan

1 entries
  • batre verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Old English

1 entries
  • cnyssan verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • چالمق verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • چالمق verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • چالمق verb (intransitive: to strike repeatedly)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • bati verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Persian

1 entries
  • زدن verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Polish

4 entries
  • bit noun (instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music)
  • rytm noun (rhythm)
  • bić verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bić verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abatido adj (exhausted)
  • batido adj (exhausted)
  • batida noun (pulsation)
  • batida noun (fencing: tap on the adversary's blade)

Quechua

1 entries
  • maqay verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Romanian

4 entries
  • beat noun (instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music)
  • bătaie noun (pulsation)
  • bătaie noun (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency)
  • ritm noun (rhythm)

Russian

4 entries
  • бие́ние noun (pulsation)
  • бие́ние noun (interference between two tones of almost equal frequency)
  • разме́р noun (rhythm)
  • ритм noun (rhythm)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • वादयति verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • sagamare verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • surrare verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Sassarese

4 entries
  • adubbà verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • fusthigà verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • iscudí verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • sagamare verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • buail verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • buail verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • buail verb (to win against)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • bȉti verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • kucati verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • би̏ти verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • bàttiri verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Slovak

2 entries
  • biť verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • tĺcť verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Slovene

4 entries
  • bíti verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • premagati verb (to win against)
  • tepsti verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • tepsti verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)

Somali

1 entries
  • tumid verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Spanish

4 entries
  • batida noun (hunting: act of scouring, or ranging over)
  • jurisdicción noun (patrolled route)
  • latido noun (pulsation)
  • pulsaciones (por minuto) noun (pulse on the beat level)

Swahili

1 entries
  • chapa verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Swazi

1 entries
  • shaya verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Swedish

4 entries
  • slutkörd adj (exhausted)
  • rytm noun (rhythm)
  • slag noun (pulsation)
  • taktslag noun (pulse on the beat level)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • batiin verb (to mix food)
  • ihampas verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • magbati verb (to mix food)

Tajik

1 entries
  • задан verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వాయించు verb (to indicate by beating or drumming)

Tetum

2 entries
  • baku verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • tuku verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Thai

2 entries
  • ชนะ verb (to win against)
  • ตี verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འཇོམས verb (to win against)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • särp verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)

Turkish

3 entries
  • atmak verb (to move with pulsation or throbbing)
  • vurmak verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • yenmek verb (to win against)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎎𐎃𐎕 verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ритм noun (rhythm)
  • такт noun (rhythm)
  • би́ти verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • вда́рити verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Urdu

3 entries
  • جیتنا verb (to win against)
  • مارنا verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • پیٹنا verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Venetan

2 entries
  • bàtar verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • bàter verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • thắng verb (to win against)
  • đánh verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • đập verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Volapük

3 entries
  • daflapön verb (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  • flapön verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • leflapön verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Welsh

3 entries
  • curiad noun (pulse on the beat level)
  • baeddu verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • curo verb (to win against)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • kovyeej verb (to win against)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קלאַפּן verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
  • שלאָגן verb (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)

Sample sentences

64 total sentences available.

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He won't beat me.

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I beat him completely in the debate.

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Don't beat around the bush.

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We beat about for a solution to the problem.

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