bategar

From batre +‎ -egar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.təˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ba.teˈɣaɾ]

bategar (first-person singular present batego, first-person singular preterite bateguí, past participle bategat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to beat, to throb

   El seu cor començarà a bategar amb violència. ― His heart began beating violently.

2. (intransitive) to clink

• batec
• batega
• bategada

• esbategar

• “bategar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

batar (“to strike repeatedly, beat”) +‎ -eg-

bategar (present tense bategas, past tense bategis, future tense bategos, imperative bategez, conditional bategus)

1. to trounce, wallop, beat, pummel