| Traduções principais |
| spank sb vtr | (hit as punishment) (dar palmadas como castigo) | bater, espancar, surrar vt |
| | Ellen spanked her son when she found out he'd been bullying younger children at school. |
| | Ellen bateu no seu filho quando descobriu que ele tinha feito bullying com uma criança mais nova na escola. |
| pummel sth/sb vtr | (beat, pound) | esmurrar, espancar vt |
| | The gang pummelled him and left him for dead in the street. |
| thrash sb vtr | (beat violently) | bater, sovar, espancar vt |
| | I was thrashed regularly as a schoolboy. |
| | Me batiam escola. |
| whop sb vtr | US, informal (hit, strike) | surrar, espancar vt |
| drub sth/sb vtr | (beat with a stick) | surrar, espancar vt |
| larrup sb/sth vtr | colloquial (beat, whip sb/sth) | espancar vt |
| 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. |
| work sb over vtr phrasal sep | slang (beat up, assault) | agredir vt |
| | | espancar vt |
| | The thugs really worked him over. |
rough sb up,
rough up sb vtr phrasal sep | informal (beat up) | bater, espancar vt |
| | A gang of youths roughed him up. |
| wallop sb/sth vtr | informal (beat, thump) | espancar, surrar vt |
| | The batsman walloped the ball with all his strength. |
| 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. |
| thwack sth vtr | (hit hard) | espancar, bater vt |
| thrash sb at sth vtr + prep | figurative, informal (defeat thoroughly) (figurado) | surrar vt |
| | | bater vt |
| | | espancar vt |
| | Audrey thrashed Tania at tennis. |
| batter sb vtr | dated (wife: beat, hit) | espancar vt |
| | The woman's husband had been battering her for years before she finally sought help. |
| | O esposo da mulher a tinha espancado por anos até que ela finalmente procurou ajuda. |
| pound sth vtr | (beat, strike hard) | bater vt |
| | (figurado) | martelar vt |
| | (figurado) | espancar vt |
| | (figurado) | esmurrar vt |
| | Lydia pounded the door, demanding to be let in. The waves pounded the rocks. |
| | Lydia bateu na porta, exigindo que a deixassem entrar. As ondas batiam nas pedras. |