Verbo irregularN.º 76 en frecuenciaA — B — C

beat

Infinitivo

beat

/biːt/

Pasado simple

beat

/biːt/

Participio

beatenbeaten / beat

/ˈbiːtn//ˈbiːtn/ /biːt/

TraducciónB1

vencer, derrotar, batir

to beat around the bush

Significado en inglés

to defeat someone, or hit again and again

Ejemplos

Tras un verbo modal · Forma 1Do you think we can beat them on Saturday?
Imperativo · Forma 1Beat the eggs and sugar together for two minutes.
Past simple · Forma 2Yesterday Leo beat his dad at chess for the first time.
Past simple · Forma 2Last season our team beat every side in the league.
Pasiva · Forma 3The home team were beaten 4–1 in front of their own fans.
Present perfect · Forma 3Nobody has beaten her record for the 100 metres.

Cuidado

~~beatedbeatten~~

Pasado beat, participio beaten, nunca ~~beated~~. En EE. UU. también se dice we got beat, pero beaten vale en todas partes: we were beaten 3–0.