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From the verb beat : (⇒ conjugate ) beating is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections v pres p
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beating n (act of hitting, thrashing) batidas sf pl
pancadas sf pl
Greg's beating on that drum is really irritating.
As batidas de Greg naquela bateria são realmente irritantes.
beating n (act of physical violence) surra sf
sova sf
tareia sf
Mitch received a serious beating from the group of youths.
beating n (punishment by hitting) surra sf
coça sf
In the old days, parents often punished their children with a beating.
Antigamente os pais costumavam punir seus filhos com surras.
beating n figurative, informal (defeat) (informal, figurado ) surra sf
derrota sf
The women's soccer team suffered a beating in the final round of the tournament.
O time de futebol feminino levou uma surra na rodada final do torneio.
Traduções complementares
beating adj figurative (sun: very hot) (sol ) escaldante adj
The beating summer sun made the baseball team tire quickly.
beating n (pulsing of the heart) (coração ) palpitação sf
(coração ) pulsação sf
(do coração ) batida sf
If you put your hand to your chest, you can feel the beating of your heart.
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beat [sth] ⇒ vtr (strike, pound) bater vt
He beat the desk with his fist to try to get his point across.
Ele bateu na mesa com o punho para afirmar a sua convicção.
beat [sb] ⇒ vtr (hit [sb] repeatedly) espancar vt
agredir vt
The judge sentenced Willis to five years in jail for beating his victim with a baseball bat.
O juiz condenou Willis a cinco anos de prisão por espancar sua vítima com um taco de baseball.
beat [sb] vtr (defeat) derrotar vt
The championship team are confident they can beat the challengers.
Os campeões atuais estão confiantes de que podem derrotar a equipe desafiante.
beat [sth] ⇒ vtr (eggs: whisk) (ovos ) bater vt
Before you scramble eggs, you have to beat them.
Antes de fazer ovos mexidos, você tem que batê-los.
beat [sth] vtr (wings: flap) (asas ) bater vt
A hummingbird beats its wings many times a second.
Um beija-flor bate as asas muitas vezes por segundo.
beat n (rhythm) batida sf
The dancers moved to the beat of the music.
Os dançarinos movimentaram-se na batida da música.
Traduções complementares
beat [sth] vtr slang (be preferable) (figurado ) bater vt
superar vt
Nothing beats a chocolate cake fresh from the oven.
Nada bate um bolo de chocolate fresco saído do forno.
beat doing [sth] vtr slang (be preferable) superar vt
Playing in a band as a professional musician beats doing a boring office job. Sitting here in the coffee shop with you sure beats working!
Tocar em uma banda como músico profissional supera ter um emprego chato de escritório. Sentar aqui na cafeteria com você supera trabalhar.
beat adj US, informal, colloquial (exhausted) exausto adj
After a long day at work, Keith's father is beat when he comes home.
Após um longo dia de trabalho, o pai de Keith está exausto quando chega em casa.
Beat adj historical (beatnik) (anglicismo, literatura ) beat adj
Kerouac is the most famous of the Beat poets.
Kerouac é o famoso poeta dos poetas Beat.
beat n (musical note) (música ) tempo sm
batida sf
You must remember to play harder on the accented beats.
Você deve lembrar de tocar mais forte nos tempos acentuados.
beat n (stroke, blow) batida sf
The beat of the workers' hammers gave Sue a headache.
A batida dos martelos dos trabalhadores deu uma dor de cabeça em Sue.
beat n (heartbeat) batida sf
In her excitement, Fran could feel the beat of her heart.
No seu entusiasmo, Fran sentia a batida do coração dela.
beat n (police officer's round) ronda sf
Officer Smith pounded the beat all day long.
O policial Smith fez a ronda o dia inteiro.
beat⇒ vi (heart: throb) bater v int
The doctor listened to see if the man's heart was beating.
O médico escutou para ver se o coração do homem estava batendo.
beat vi (wings: flap) (asas ) bater v int
The eagle's wings did not beat as it glided through the air.
As asas da águia não batiam enquanto ela planava pelo ar.
beat vi (nautical: tack) barlaventear vi
There was a headwind so the sailors had to beat along the coast.
Havia um vento contrário, então os marinheiros tiveram que barlaventear ao longo da costa.
beat [sb] ⇒ vtr informal (arrive before) (chegar antes ) bater vt
I bet we will beat you! We drive much faster.
Aposto que bateremos você! Dirigimos muito mais rápido.
beat [sth] ⇒ vtr (tap out: a rhythm) (bateria ) bater vt
(bateria ) tocar vt
(bateria ) marcar vt
The drummer beat the rhythm on the bass drum.
O baterista bateu o ritmo no bumbo.
beat [sth] vtr (metal: flatten) bater vt
The craftsman beat the piece of metal until it was very thin.
O artesão bateu a peça de metal até ela ficar bem fina.
beat [sb] to [sth] ⇒ vtr (arrive before) bater vt
ganhar vt
superar vt
Thompson beat the other runners to the finish line.
Thompson bateu outros corredores na linha de chegada.
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Locuções verbais beat | beating
beat [sth/sb] back, beat back [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep (push, repel) conter vt
We were able to beat back the flames before they reached the house.
Fomos capazes de conter as chamas antes que elas atingissem a casa.
beat down vi phrasal (sun: shine brightly and hot) (sol ) estar a pino expres v
escaldar, queimar vt
The sun was beating down on our backs.
O sol estava a pino.
beat down vi phrasal (rain: pour heavily) (figurado, chuva ) desabar v int
The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground.
A chuva desabou tão forte na macieira que, pela manhã, metade das maçãs estava no chão.
beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep informal, figurative (negotiate lower price from) regatear, pechinchar vt
Amy beat the seller down to £20 for the vase.
Amy pechinchou o vaso por 20 libras com o vendedor.
beat [sth] down vtr phrasal sep informal, figurative (price: negotiate lower) (figurado, preço ) bater vt
(figurado, preço ) cobrir vt
We beat the price down to $45.
Batemos o preço em R$ 45,00.
beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep informal, figurative (demoralize) (figurado ) pisar vt
(figurado ) bater vt
Doris admitted that life was beating her down.
Doris reconheceu que a vida estava pisando nela.
beat [sth] down, beat down [sth] vtr phrasal sep figurative (suppress) superar vt
suprimir vt
Deborah beat down her fear of flying and got on the plane to visit her daughter in Australia.
Débora superou seu medo de voar e foi de avião visitar a filha na Austrália.
beat off vi phrasal vulgar, informal (masturbate) (vulgar, masturbar ) bater punheta loc v
He managed to beat off without his roommate hearing.
beat [sb] off, beat off [sb] vtr phrasal sep vulgar, informal (masturbate) (vulgar, gíria ) punhetar vt
She was beating him off.
beat out [sth] , beat [sth] out vtr phrasal insep (strike: a rhythm) batucar vt
Rufus began beating out a rhythm on the drums.
beat out [sb] , beat [sb] out vtr phrasal sep US, informal (outdo competitor) bater vt
superar vt
The other team beat us out for the championship.
beat [sb] up vtr phrasal sep informal (assault) (informal ) bater em vt + prep
espancar vt
(informal ) dar uma surra em loc verb + prep
A group of youths beat Henry up.
Um grupo de jovens bateu em Henry.
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Formas compostas: beat | beating
beat a dead horse, flog a dead horse v expr figurative (pursue a hopeless cause) (figurado, informal ) dar murro em ponta de faca loc v
I tried to convince him to come with us, but felt that I was beating a dead horse.
beat a path to [sb] 's door v expr figurative (be keen to meet with [sb] ) (figurado, informal ) fazer fila na porta loc v
If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door.
beat around the bush, also UK: beat about the bush v expr figurative (avoid getting to the point) (figurado, informal ) enrolar v int
fugir do assunto loc v
fazer rodeios loc v
(formal ) tergiversar v int
Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason!
beat [sb/sth] hollow, also US: beat [sb/sth] all hollow v expr (defeat) (com facilidade ) ganhar de lavada exp
beat it interj slang (go away) (informal ) sai daqui loc interj
(informal ) cai fora, dá o fora loc interj
(BR, gíria ) some, vaza interj
No, I won't give you any money. Now, beat it!
Não, não vou lhe dar dinheiro. Agora, sai daqui!
beat it v expr slang (leave, go) (informal ) cair fora, dar o fora loc v
(BR, gíria ) sumir, vazar v int
(informal ) dar no pé loc v
The police showed up and we knew it was time to beat it.
beat [sb/sth] off, beat off [sb/sth] vtr + adv (repel, fight back) vencer vt
repelir vt
retaliar vt
The pensioner fought back and succeeded in beating off his attackers.
beat off [sth] , beat [sth] off vtr + adv figurative (defeat) vencer vt
He managed to beat off intense criticism from both left and right en route to the nomination.
beat the drum for [sth] v expr figurative (promote) (figurado, informal ) levantar a bandeira de loc verb + prep
fazer campanha para loc verb + prep
The environmental activist goes around the world beating the drum for energy reform.
beat the living daylights out of [sb] , also US: beat the daylights out of [sb] v expr informal (beat up badly) dar uma surra expres v
beat the odds v expr (do [sth] unlikely) superar as expectativas expres v
vencer as probabilidades expres v
Joseph beat the odds and recovered from his cancer.
beat the rap v expr slang (escape blame, be acquitted) (gíria ) fugir da raia expres
beat the s*** out of [sb/sth] v expr vulgar, offensive!, informal (beat physically) dar uma surra expres v
We got into a fistfight and he beat the s*** out of me.
beat [sb/sth] to death v expr (cause death by hitting repeatedly) espancar até a morte expres v
The thieves beat the man to death in order to steal his wallet.
beat [sb] to it v expr informal (do [sth] before [sb] else) ser mais rápido que loc verb + conj
I was about to give the answer but she beat me to it.
beat yourself up v expr figurative, informal (feel guilty or bad) (figurado ) martirizar-se vp
(figurado ) culpar-se vp
It was just an honest mistake, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it.
beat-up adj US, slang (vehicle: in poor condition) (figurado, informal ) surrado, esmurrado adj
Nota : A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. Rick drives a beat-up pickup truck.
Rick dirige uma picape surrada.
beat-up car n US, slang (car in poor condition) (BR, gíria ) lata velha loc sf
(figurado, informal ) calhambeque sm
(figurado, informal ) carro surrado loc sm
I love my beat-up car, even though it´s covered in dents and scratches.
drop, beat drop, bass drop n (music: change in rhythm, bass) (estrangeirismo: mudança na música ) drop sm
on the beat expr (in the correct rhythm, tempo) no ritmo, na batida expres
on the beat expr (on patrol) em patrulha expres
pound the beat v expr (police officer: patrol) patrulhar vt
skip a beat v expr figurative (heart: miss a beat with excitement) (figurado ) parar o coração expres v
skip a beat v expr (rhythm: miss a beat) (ritmo: perder uma batida ) perder o ritmo expres v
to beat the band expr US, informal, figurative (to a high degree) em alto nível expres v
you beat me to it expr (you did it first) você foi mais rápido expres
I was going to order a pizza, but you beat me to it.
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