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beat

/biːt/ adjective A1 (estimated)

1. exhausted

French	mort, épuisé, crevé
Portuguese	abatido, batido
Italian	beat
Spanish	reventado
Dutch	uitgeput, bekaf
Swedish	slutkörd

2. fabulous

Dutch	mieters

3. beat; knackered

Spanish	fundido

4. worn, beat

German	niedergeschlagen
French	fourbu
Portuguese	exausto
Italian	sfinito, a pezzi
Dutch	uitgeput, doodop

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beat

/biːt/ noun · plural: beats A1 (estimated)

1. pulsation

French	le battement
Portuguese	a batida
Italian	il battito, la pulsazione
Spanish	el latido, la pulsación
Swedish	ett slag

2. pulse on the beat level

German	der Schlag
Czech	úder
Spanish	la pulsación

3. rhythm

German	der Beat, der Takt
French	le rythme
Portuguese	o ritmo, o batimento, a batucada
Czech	doba
Italian	il tempo, il ritmo, il beat
Spanish	el ritmo, batimiento
Dutch	het ritme, de beat, de puls
Swedish	en rytm, en svävning
Latin	rhythmus

4. interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

Dutch	zweving

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to beat

/biːt/ verb A1 (estimated)

1. to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike

German	schlagen, besiegen, hauen
French	battre, agiter, brandir
Portuguese	bater
Czech	bít, tlouct, porazit
Italian	picchiare, colpire, battere
Spanish	golpear, pegar, batir
Dutch	kloppen, slaan
Swedish	slå, bulta, flaxa
Latin	pulso, cudo, verbero

2. to strike or pound repeatedly

German	schlagen
French	battre
Portuguese	bater
Czech	bít, bušit
Italian	percuotere
Spanish	vapulear, tundir, percutir
Dutch	kloppen
Swedish	slå
Latin	tundo

3. intransitive: to strike repeatedly

French	battre

4. to move with pulsation or throbbing

French	battre
Portuguese	pulsar
Spanish	latir

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