Showing results for beating. Search instead for the beating.
beating
- Dictionary
beating(
bea
-
dihng
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (assault)
a. la paliza (F) (colloquial)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The thugs gave him a beating for standing up for the woman at the bakery.Los matones le dieron una paliza por defender a la mujer en la panadería.
2. (defeat)
a. la paliza (F) (colloquial)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The beating the team received yesterday must have been embarrassing.La paliza que recibió el equipo ayer tiene que haber sido embarazosa.
3. (sound)
a. el repique (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 beating of drums could be heard from the nearby cabildo.El repique de tambores se oía del cabildo cercano.
b. los latidos (M) (of the heart)
(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 doctor listened to the beating of the patient's heart with a stethoscope.La doctora escuchó los latidos del corazón del paciente con el estetoscopio.
4. (bettering)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Her score in the competition will take a lot of beating.La puntuación que obtuvo en la competencia será difícil de superar.
The brilliant young Russian gymnast's score will take some beating.La puntuación de la rusa joven prodigiosa será difícil de superar.
Examples
Machine Translators
Translate the beating using machine translators
Other Dictionaries
Explore the meaning of beating in our family of products.
Random Word
Roll the dice and learn a new word now!
Want to Learn Spanish?
Spanish learning for everyone. For free.
