bater à porta
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to knock on the door”.
Verb
[edit]bater à porta (first-person singular present bato à porta, first-person singular preterite bati à porta, past participle batido à porta)
- (idiomatic, transitive with de or a possessive pronoun before porta) to knock on someone's door (of a bad situation: to present itself to someone)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bater, à, porta.