batear

Ladino

Verb

batear

1. (transitive) to knock (at the door)

Usage notes

Usage is transitive, unlike in English:

batear la puerta ― knock at the door

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.?

Celticder.?

Old English batt

Old French batteinflu.

Middle English bat

English batbor.

Spanish bate

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish batear

From bate (“bat”) + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bateˈaɾ/ [ba.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧te‧ar

Verb

batear (first-person singular present bateo, first-person singular preterite bateé, past participle bateado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to bat (to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of batear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			batear
gerund			bateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bateado		bateada
		plural		bateados		bateadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bateo	bateastú bateásvos	batea	bateamos	bateáis	batean
	imperfect	bateaba	bateabas	bateaba	bateábamos	bateabais	bateaban
	preterite	bateé	bateaste	bateó	bateamos	bateasteis	batearon
	future	batearé	batearás	bateará	batearemos	batearéis	batearán
	conditional	batearía	batearías	batearía	batearíamos	batearíais	batearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	batee	bateestú bateésvos2	batee	bateemos	bateéis	bateen
	imperfect (ra)	bateara	batearas	bateara	bateáramos	batearais	batearan
	imperfect (se)	batease	bateases	batease	bateásemos	bateaseis	bateasen
	future1	bateare	bateares	bateare	bateáremos	bateareis	batearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bateatú bateávos	batee	bateemos	batead	bateen
	negative		no batees	no batee	no bateemos	no bateéis	no bateen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of batear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive batear	dative	batearme	batearte	batearle, batearse	batearnos	batearos	batearles, batearse
	accusative	batearme	batearte	batearlo, batearla, batearse	batearnos	batearos	batearlos, batearlas, batearse
with gerund bateando	dative	bateándome	bateándote	bateándole, bateándose	bateándonos	bateándoos	bateándoles, bateándose
	accusative	bateándome	bateándote	bateándolo, bateándola, bateándose	bateándonos	bateándoos	bateándolos, bateándolas, bateándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative batea	dative	batéame	batéate	batéale	batéanos	not used	batéales
	accusative	batéame	batéate	batéalo, batéala	batéanos	not used	batéalos, batéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative bateá	dative	bateame	bateate	bateale	bateanos	not used	bateales
	accusative	bateame	bateate	batealo, bateala	bateanos	not used	batealos, batealas
with formal second-person singular imperative batee	dative	batéeme	not used	batéele, batéese	batéenos	not used	batéeles
	accusative	batéeme	not used	batéelo, batéela, batéese	batéenos	not used	batéelos, batéelas
with first-person plural imperative bateemos	dative	not used	bateémoste	bateémosle	bateémonos	bateémoos	bateémosles
	accusative	not used	bateémoste	bateémoslo, bateémosla	bateémonos	bateémoos	bateémoslos, bateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative batead	dative	bateadme	not used	bateadle	bateadnos	bateaos	bateadles
	accusative	bateadme	not used	bateadlo, bateadla	bateadnos	bateaos	bateadlos, bateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bateen	dative	batéenme	not used	batéenle	batéennos	not used	batéenles, batéense
	accusative	batéenme	not used	batéenlo, batéenla	batéennos	not used	batéenlos, batéenlas, batéense

Derived terms

• bateo

Further reading

• “batear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025