battering in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for battering in the English»Spanish Dictionary

battering [Am ˈbædərɪŋ, Brit ˈbatərɪŋ] N

battering

paliza f

he received or took a battering

recibió or le dieron una paliza

baby battering N U

baby battering

maltrato m infantil

battering ram N

battering ram

ariete m

I.batter¹ [Am ˈbædər, Brit ˈbatə] VB trans (beat)

batter victim/opponent

apalear

batter victim/opponent

aporrear

batter child/wife

maltratar

batter child/wife

pegarle a

boats battered by the storm

barcos azotados por la tormenta

his reputation was severely battered by the scandal

el escándalo asestó un duro golpe a su reputación

II.batter¹ [Am ˈbædər, Brit ˈbatə] VB intr

huge waves were battering against the cliff

grandes olas batían contra or azotaban el acantilado

she battered at or on the door

aporreó la puerta

I.batter² [Am ˈbædər, Brit ˈbatə] N U

batter FOOD (for fried fish, fried chicken)

rebozado m

batter FOOD (for fried fish, fried chicken)

pasta f para rebozar

batter (for pancakes)

masa f

batter (for cake) Am

masa f

II.batter² [Am ˈbædər, Brit ˈbatə] VB trans (cover with batter)

batter

rebozar

battered fish

pescado m rebozado

batter³ [Am ˈbædər, Brit ˈbatə] N Am (in baseball)

batter

bateador m / bateadora f

batter around VB [Am ˈbædər -, Brit ˈbatə -], batter about Brit VB (v + o + adv)

batter around

maltratar

batter down VB [Am ˈbædər -, Brit ˈbatə -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

batter down door/wall:

batter down

derribar a golpes

batter down

echar abajo

batter in VB [Am ˈbædər -, Brit ˈbatə -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

batter in door:

batter in

destrozar a golpes

his skull had been battered in

le habían partido el cráneo a golpes

Translations for battering in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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ariete MIL, HISTORY

battering ram

battering in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for battering in the English»Spanish Dictionary

battering [ˈbætərɪŋ, Am ˈbæt̬-] N

battering

paliza f

to give sb a battering

dar una paliza a alguien

battering ram [ˈbætəriŋræm, Am ˈbæt̬-] N HISTORY, MIL

battering ram

ariete m

I.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] N

1. batter FOOD:

batter for fried food

rebozado m

batter for a pancake, cake

masa f

2. batter Am SPORTS:

batter

bateador(a) m (f)

II.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB trans

1. batter (assault):

batter

maltratar

2. batter (hit):

batter

golpear

to batter the door in [or down]

echar la puerta abajo

3. batter FOOD:

batter

rebozar

III.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB intr

to batter at the door

aporrear la puerta

the waves battered against the rocks

las olas azotaban las rocas

Translations for battering in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

ariete MIL

battering ram

bateador(a)

batter

batido

batter

rebozar (con masa)

to coat with batter

porra

a large stick of fried batter

derribar (puerta)

to batter down

battering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to give sb a battering

dar una paliza a alguien

to batter the door in [or down]

echar la puerta abajo

to batter at the door

aporrear la puerta

a large stick of fried batter

porra

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is also armored in an osmium alloy, making him durable enough to act as a human battering ram.

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Students had to run helter-skelter for their lives as the heavily built men went berserk battering anyone on sight.

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And perhaps (sadly) this will prove a revelation to many, so spoon-fed are we by expired tropes of tattooed bench-pressers battering women.

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Along with these figures came an impressive new line of catapults, siege towers, a battering ram, camp fences, and early artillery pieces.

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The whole police force was soon mustered, and by the aid of a battering ram the door was forced open.

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This originates presumably in the practice of carving some such motif on the head of the log used as a battering ram.

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Using the moon buggy as a battering ram, he drives into the door repeatedly and breaks the weld.

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Beyond the gate there is a vestibule with a curving stairway to make it difficult to use a battering ram.

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Online matches are affected through objective-based gameplay, such as breaching a castle gate with a battering ram or looting a foe's camp.

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The figurative sense of the word has ground in mechanics comparable to figurative uses of steamroller or battering ram to mean something overwhelming.

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