beat Significado & Definição

Significado de beat em português

• 0 to defeat someone in a competition -- vencer, derrotar

  • Our team beat Germany 3–1.

• 1 When your heart beats, it makes regular movements and sounds. -- pulsar, bater

  • By the time the doctor arrived, his heart had stopped beating.

• 2 to hit a person or animal repeatedly -- espancar

  • They saw him beating his dog with a stick.

• 3 to be better or more enjoyable than another activity or experience -- ser melhor do que, bater

  • Taking the bus sure beats walking.

• 4 to hit against something hard, making a regular sound -- bater, surrar

  • Rain beat against the windows.

• 5 something that you say when you do not understand a situation or someone’s behaviour -- não faço ideia, vai saber

  • It beats me why she goes out with him.

• 6 a regular sound that is made by your heart or by something hitting a surface -- batida

  • the beat of a drum

• 7 the main rhythm of a piece of music -- batida, ritmo

  • I like music with a strong beat.