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"Bats" is a form of "bat", a noun which is often translated as "el murciélago". "Sticks" is a form of "sticks", a plural noun which is often translated as "el quinto infierno". Learn more about the difference between "bats" and "sticks" 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.
sticks(
stihks
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (colloquial) (pejorative) (remote place)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. el quinto infierno (M) (colloquial) (pejorative)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
Living out in the sticks, it's a long way to the nearest store.Cuando vives en el quinto infierno, la tienda más cerca queda muy lejos.
stick
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
4. (culinary)
b. el tallo (M) (Latin 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 Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
She was crunching on a stick of celery.Estaba ronchando un tallo de apio.
a. el cartucho (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).
Bolivian miners traditionally wear sticks of dynamite at demonstrations.Es tradición que los mineros bolivianos lleven cartuchos de dinamita en las manifestaciones.
7. (sports)
8. (music)
a. el palillo (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).
The drummer got so carried away that he broke a stick.El baterista se entusiasmó tanto que rompió un palillo.
b. la baqueta (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).
On the stage there was a piano, an electric guitar, and a drum kit with two sticks.En el escenario había un piano, una guitarra eléctrica y una batería con dos baquetas.
10. (aviation)
a. la palanca de mando (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).
He pulled the stick backward.Tiró hacia atrás de la palanca de mando.
11. (games)
a. el joystick (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).
Plug your stick into port two and you're all set.Enchufa el joystick al puerto dos y ya estás listo.
13. (colloquial) (criticism) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
14. (to glue)
a. pegar
I have to stick the doll's head to its body because it fell to the floor.Tengo que pegar la cabeza de la muñeca al cuerpo porque se cayó al suelo.
15. (to thrust)
a. clavar
He stuck a knife in the thief's hand when he attacked him.Le clavó un cuchillo en la mano al ladrón que lo atacaba.
16. (colloquial) (to place)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
17. (colloquial) (to tolerate) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
