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"Bats" is a form of "bat", a noun which is often translated as "el murciélago". "Clubs" is a form of "clubs", a plural noun which is often translated as "tréboles". Learn more about the difference between "bats" and "clubs" below.
bat(
baht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
a. el murciélago (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Bats are the only mammals that fly.Los murciélagos son los únicos mamíferos que vuelan.
2. (sports)
a. el bate (M) (baseball, cricket)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The only things one needs to play baseball are a bat, a ball, and a glove.Todo lo que se necesita para jugar béisbol son un bate, una pelota y un guante.
b. la raqueta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
You're not holding your ping-pong bat properly.No sujetas la raqueta de ping-pong correctamente.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. batear
In an average baseball game, each player bats four times.En un partido de béisbol normal, cada jugador batea cuatro veces.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to hit)
a. darle a
The brothers were lazily batting the ball back and forth on the beach.Los hermanos le daban a la pelota perezosamente del uno al otro en la playa.
5. (to blink)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
She was batting her eyelashes at me in an extremely flirtatious manner.Me estaba haciendo ojitos de la forma más insinuante.
Whatever you told him, he wouldn't bat an eye.Le dijeras lo que le dijeras, ni se inmutaba.
clubs
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. tréboles
The ace of clubs is worth more than the two of hearts, so I've won the hand.El as de tréboles vale más que el dos de corazones, así que he ganado la partida.
club
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (nightclub)
a. la discoteca (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We stayed at the Spanish club until six in the morning!¡Nos quedamos en la discoteca española hasta las seis de la mañana!
c. el antro (M) (Honduras) (Mexico) (South America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Honduras
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
I want to go to that chill club that doesn't charge a cover.Quiero ir a ese antro tranquilo que no cobra para entrar.
4. (weapon)
a. el garrote (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He used a club to break the window.Utilizó un garrote para romper la ventana.
5. (sports)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
b. aporrear
In some communities, people still club animals to death to keep numbers down.En algunas comunidades, la gente todavía aporrea los animales hasta la muerte para controlar las cantidades.
c. pegarle a
When I walked by, they were clubbing the poor animal.Cuando pasé, estaban pegándole al pobre animal.
