zbate

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exbattere. Compare Aromanian zbat, Italian sbattere, Venetan sbàter, sbàtar, Sicilian sbàttiri, Friulian sbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzba.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: zba‧te

Verb

a zbate (third-person singular present zbate, past participle zbătut, third-person subjunctive zbată) 3rd conjugation

  1. (reflexive) to struggle (make forceful movements)
    Synonym: se zvârcoli
  2. (reflexive) to struggle (strive, contend)
  3. (reflexive) to struggle (be in hardship)
  4. (reflexive) to sway (be moved back and forth, typically in the wind)
  5. (reflexive, of flowing water, poetic) to rush
  6. (reflexive, of body parts) to twitch
  7. (transitive, obsolete) synonym of bate (“to beat, repeatedly hit”)
  8. (transitive, obsolete or regional) synonym of bate (“to whip foodstuffs”)
  9. (transitive, obsolete) to sift
    Synonym: cerne
  10. (reciprocal, regional) to haggle

Conjugation

    conjugation of zbate (third conjugation, past participle in -ut)
infinitive a zbate
gerund zbătând
past participle zbătut
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present zbat zbați zbate zbatem zbateți zbat
imperfect zbăteam zbăteai zbătea zbăteam zbăteați zbăteau
simple perfect zbătui zbătuși zbătu zbăturăm zbăturăți zbătură
pluperfect zbătusem zbătuseși zbătuse zbătuserăm zbătuserăți zbătuseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să zbat să zbați să zbată să zbatem să zbateți să zbată
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative zbate zbateți
negative nu zbate nu zbateți

Derived terms

  • zbat
  • zbatere
  • zbătăcos
  • zbătător
  • zbătătură
  • zbătut

Further reading

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