beaten

batido

derrotado

beaten(bi-dihn)

adjective

1. (culinary)

a. batido

Add one lightly beaten egg to the cake batter.

Añada un huevo ligeramente batido a la masa del pastel.

2. (hit)

a. golpeado

The police found a badly beaten woman in the park this evening.

La policía encontró a una mujer severamente golpeada en el parque esta noche.

3. (defeated)

a. derrotado

The beaten players sadly left the playing field.

Los jugadores derrotados abandonaron con tristeza el campo de juego.

b. vencido

The beaten army raised white flags in surrender.

El ejército vencido levantó unas banderas blancas para rendirse.

4. (hammered into shape)

a. batido

Penelope bought a beautiful beaten copper cooking pot in Japan.

Penélope compró una olla preciosa de cobre batido en Japón.

beaten

adjective

1. (general)

a.

beaten earthtierra batida

2. (fig)

a.

off the beaten trackretirado(a)

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beaten [ˈbiːtn]

verb:participle:past

beat

adjective

1 (shaped, compacted) [+metal, earth] batido

the floors were of beaten earth a fabled spear made of beaten gold

off the beaten track (isolated) apartado; retirado; (unfrequented) fuera de los lugares donde va todo el mundo

to get off the beaten track apartarse de los lugares donde va todo el mundo

For something off the beaten track, consider staying at the moderately priced T Lazy 7 Ranch on Maroon Bells Road the house was way off the beaten track on a dead-end road that could have passed for a riverbed she works in a rural area off the beaten track The house is sufficiently off the beaten track to deter all but a few tourists IF you enjoy exploring off the beaten track, Sunmed is offering rambling holidays

2 (defeated) [+person] derrotado

he was a beaten man era un hombre derrotado