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beat verb

  /biːt/
  • (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
 batir, golpear, vencer, derrotar, pegar, apalizar
  • To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
  • To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
 batir, revolver, sacudir
  • (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
 latir
apalear, aporracear, golpear [repetidamente], paporrear, percutar, percutir
  • (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
 batir

beat noun

  /biːt/
  • A pulsation or throb.
 latido, pulsación
  • (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
 batida
  • The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
 jurisdicción
  • (music) 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.
 pulsaciones (por minuto)
  • A rhythm.
 ritmo
  • (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially
 sector, ámbito
  • (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
 sector, ámbito, área

beating noun

  /ˈbiːtɪŋ/
  • The pulsation of the heart.
 paliza, latido, golpiza
  • A heavy defeat or setback.
 paliza
beat up
martirizar, preocuparse, zurrar, apalear, aporracear, aporrear, caerle golpe, coñacear
beat it
pirarse, largarse, pirárselas
beat to the punch
anticipar, ganar de mano, ganar por la mano
beat to
adelantarse, atrasar, ganar la delantera
beat around the bush
andarse con rodeos, andar con ambages, andarse por las ramas, ir por los cerros de Úbeda
beat the meat
pajearse
beat one's meat
cascar
beat to a pulp
caerle la del pulpo, hacer fosfatina, hacer papilla, hacer puré
if you can't beat them, join them
si no puedes contra el enemigo, únete a él
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