beat Meaning | BeDict

noun

Golpe, latido

A stroke; a blow.

Examples :

"The boxer landed a powerful beat on his opponent's jaw. "

El boxeador conectó un golpe poderoso en la mandíbula de su oponente.

noun

Latido, pulsación

A pulsation or throb.

Examples :

"a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"

Un latido del corazón; la pulsación del pulso.

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noun

Pulso, compás

A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

Examples :

"The music teacher emphasized the beat, showing the students how each pulse was the basic time unit of the song. "

El profesor de música enfatizó el compás, mostrando a los estudiantes cómo cada pulso era la unidad de tiempo básica de la canción.

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noun

Ritmo, compás

A rhythm.

Examples :

"The music teacher showed the class a new beat for the school song. "

El profesor de música mostró a la clase un nuevo ritmo para la canción de la escuela.

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noun

Batido

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

Examples :

"The beat between the two piano notes was barely audible. "

El batido entre las dos notas del piano era apenas audible.

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noun

Pausa, compás

(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.

Examples :

"The play's final beat, a long silence before the curtain fell, built suspense. "

La pausa final de la obra, un largo silencio antes de que cayera el telón, generó suspense.

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noun

Ronda, recorrido

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

Examples :

"The officer's beat included the entire downtown shopping district. "

La ronda del oficial incluía todo el distrito comercial del centro.

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noun

Área de responsabilidad

(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially

Examples :

"My beat at work is the southern part of town. "

Mi área de responsabilidad en el trabajo es la parte sur de la ciudad.

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noun

Primicia, exclusiva

An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

Examples :

"The newspaper got a beat on the other papers, reporting the school's new science project first. "

El periódico obtuvo la primicia sobre los otros periódicos, informando primero sobre el nuevo proyecto científico de la escuela.

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noun

Vencer, superar

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

Examples :

"the beat of him"

El vencerlo.

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noun

Distrito, zona

A precinct.

Examples :

"The new student was assigned to beat 3, the third precinct in the school. "

El nuevo estudiante fue asignado al distrito 3, el tercer distrito de la escuela.

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noun

Lugar, sitio

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

Examples :

"The coffee shop is my usual beat; I go there every morning before school. "

La cafetería es mi lugar habitual; voy allí todas las mañanas antes de la escuela.

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noun

Estafador, timador

A low cheat or swindler.

Examples :

"a dead beat"

un estafador muerto

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noun

El ritmo, la base instrumental

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

Examples :

"The beat in the new hip-hop song was so catchy that everyone in the cafeteria was tapping their feet. "

El ritmo de la nueva canción de hip-hop era tan pegadizo que todos en la cafetería estaban golpeando el suelo con los pies.

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noun

Batida

The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

Examples :

"The hunting beat took the trackers through the woods for hours. "

La batida de caza llevó a los rastreadores por el bosque durante horas.

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noun

Golpe

A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

Examples :

"The fencer landed a quick beat on his opponent's foil, momentarily disrupting his rhythm. "

El esgrimista asestó un golpe rápido en el florete de su oponente, interrumpiendo momentáneamente su ritmo.

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verb

Golpear, pegar

To hit; strike

Examples :

"As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."

Tan pronto como se enteró de que su padre había muerto, entró en cólera y golpeó la pared con los puños hasta que le sangraron los nudillos.

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verb

Golpear, latir

To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

Examples :

"He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."

Él bailaba hipnóticamente mientras ella golpeaba el atabaque.

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verb

Golpear, pegar

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

Examples :

"The angry student beat the table with his fist. "

El estudiante enojado golpeó la mesa con el puño.

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verb

Latir, palpitar

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

Examples :

"My heart beat fast when I saw my test results. "

Mi corazón latió rápido cuando vi los resultados de mi examen.

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verb

Vencer, derrotar, superar

To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

Examples :

"The student beat all her classmates in the spelling bee. "

La estudiante venció a todos sus compañeros de clase en el concurso de ortografía.

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verb

Navegar de través

To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

Examples :

"The sailboat had to beat against the strong wind to reach the harbor. "

El velero tuvo que navegar de través contra el fuerte viento para llegar al puerto.

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verb

Batear, registrar

To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

Examples :

"The hunters beat the forest, hoping to flush out the deer. "

Los cazadores registraron el bosque, esperando ahuyentar al ciervo.

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verb

Batir

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

Examples :

"Beat the eggs and whip the cream."

Bate los huevos y monta la crema.

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verb

Regatear el precio

(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

Examples :

"He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."

Él quería 50 dólares por ello, pero logré regatear el precio hasta 35 dólares.

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verb

Marcar el ritmo, golpear

To indicate by beating or drumming.

Examples :

"to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"

tocar retirada; tocar a formar

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verb

Pisar, recorrer

To tread, as a path.

Examples :

"The hikers beat a path through the tall grass to reach the hidden waterfall. "

Los excursionistas recorrieron un camino a través de la hierba alta para llegar a la cascada escondida.

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verb

Golpear, pegar; desconcertar; atormentar

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Examples :

"The difficult math problems beat her; she couldn't figure them out. "

Los problemas de matemáticas difíciles la atormentaban; no podía resolverlos.

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verb

Dudar, vacilar

To be in agitation or doubt.

Examples :

"The upcoming exam was making her beat with worry. "

El próximo examen la hacía dudar por la preocupación.

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verb

Golpear, batir

To make a sound when struck.

Examples :

"The drums beat."

Los tambores golpean.

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verb

Tocar, golpear

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

Examples :

"The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."

Los bateristas tocaban para llamar a los soldados a sus cuarteles.

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verb

Latir, vibrar

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

Examples :

"The grandfather clock's pendulum beat steadily, a rhythmic sound filling the quiet house. "

El péndulo del reloj de abuelo latía constantemente, un sonido rítmico llenando la casa silenciosa.

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verb

Llegar a un lugar antes que alguien

To arrive at a place before someone.

Examples :

"He beat me there."

Él llegó allí antes que yo.

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verb

Tener relaciones sexuales, follar

To have sexual intercourse.

Examples :

"Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."

Tío, ella entró justo cuando empezamos a follar.

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verb

Robar, atracar

To rob.

Examples :

"He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."

Me robó 12 dólares anoche.

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adjective

Agotado, rendido

Exhausted

Examples :

"After the long day, she was feeling completely beat."

Después del largo día, se sentía completamente agotada.

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adjective

Deteriorado, destrozado

Dilapidated, beat up

Examples :

"Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys."

Tío, si conduces un coche tan destrozado, no vas a ligar con ninguna tía.

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adjective

Fabuloso, fantástico

Fabulous

Examples :

"Her makeup was beat!"

¡Su maquillaje era fabuloso!

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adjective

Aburrido, tedioso

Boring

Examples :

"The meeting was so beat; everyone was yawning. "

La reunión fue tan aburrida; todos estaban bostezando.

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adjective

Feo, horrendo

(of a person) ugly

Examples :

"My brother is a bit beat; he hasn't slept well in days. "

Mi hermano está un poco feo; no ha dormido bien en días.

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noun

Beatnik

A beatnik.

Examples :

"My uncle, a beat, used to wear patched jeans and listen to jazz music. "

Mi tío, un beatnik, solía usar jeans remendados y escuchar música jazz.

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Meanings

Golpe, latido

Examples :

"The boxer landed a powerful beat on his opponent's jaw. "

El boxeador conectó un golpe poderoso en la mandíbula de su oponente.

Latido, pulsación

Examples :

"a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse"

Un latido del corazón; la pulsación del pulso.

Pulso, compás

Examples :

"The music teacher emphasized the beat, showing the students how each pulse was the basic time unit of the song. "

El profesor de música enfatizó el compás, mostrando a los estudiantes cómo cada pulso era la unidad de tiempo básica de la canción.

Ritmo, compás

Examples :

"The music teacher showed the class a new beat for the school song. "

El profesor de música mostró a la clase un nuevo ritmo para la canción de la escuela.

Batido

Examples :

"The beat between the two piano notes was barely audible. "

El batido entre las dos notas del piano era apenas audible.

Pausa, compás

Examples :

"The play's final beat, a long silence before the curtain fell, built suspense. "

La pausa final de la obra, un largo silencio antes de que cayera el telón, generó suspense.

Ronda, recorrido

Examples :

"The officer's beat included the entire downtown shopping district. "

La ronda del oficial incluía todo el distrito comercial del centro.

Área de responsabilidad

Examples :

"My beat at work is the southern part of town. "

Mi área de responsabilidad en el trabajo es la parte sur de la ciudad.

Primicia, exclusiva

Examples :

"The newspaper got a beat on the other papers, reporting the school's new science project first. "

El periódico obtuvo la primicia sobre los otros periódicos, informando primero sobre el nuevo proyecto científico de la escuela.

Vencer, superar

Examples :

"the beat of him"

El vencerlo.

Distrito, zona

Examples :

"The new student was assigned to beat 3, the third precinct in the school. "

El nuevo estudiante fue asignado al distrito 3, el tercer distrito de la escuela.

Lugar, sitio

Examples :

"The coffee shop is my usual beat; I go there every morning before school. "

La cafetería es mi lugar habitual; voy allí todas las mañanas antes de la escuela.

Estafador, timador

Examples :

"a dead beat"

un estafador muerto

El ritmo, la base instrumental

Examples :

"The beat in the new hip-hop song was so catchy that everyone in the cafeteria was tapping their feet. "

El ritmo de la nueva canción de hip-hop era tan pegadizo que todos en la cafetería estaban golpeando el suelo con los pies.

Batida

Examples :

"The hunting beat took the trackers through the woods for hours. "

La batida de caza llevó a los rastreadores por el bosque durante horas.

Golpe

Examples :

"The fencer landed a quick beat on his opponent's foil, momentarily disrupting his rhythm. "

El esgrimista asestó un golpe rápido en el florete de su oponente, interrumpiendo momentáneamente su ritmo.

Golpear, pegar

Examples :

"As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."

Tan pronto como se enteró de que su padre había muerto, entró en cólera y golpeó la pared con los puños hasta que le sangraron los nudillos.

Golpear, latir

Examples :

"He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."

Él bailaba hipnóticamente mientras ella golpeaba el atabaque.

Golpear, pegar

Examples :

"The angry student beat the table with his fist. "

El estudiante enojado golpeó la mesa con el puño.

Latir, palpitar

Examples :

"My heart beat fast when I saw my test results. "