Synonyms: hit, strike, wallop, jab, belabour, belt, skelp
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /biːt/ |
| Hyphenation | beat |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑰𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐺𐐨𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) beat | (I) beat |
| (thou) beatest | (thou) beatst, beatests |
| (he) beats, beateth | (he) beat |
| (we) beat | (we) beat |
| (you) beat | (you) beat |
| (they) beat | (they) beat |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) beat | (I) beat |
| (thou) beat | (thou) beat |
| (he) beat | (he) beat |
| (we) beat | (we) beat |
| (you) beat | (you) beat |
| (they) beat | (they) beat |
| Imperative mood | |
| beat | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| beating | beaten |
| Afrikaans | slaan |
|---|---|
| Albanian | goditje |
| Catalan | bategar; batre |
| Czech | bíti |
| Danish | slå |
| Dutch | slaan |
| English (Old English) | swingan |
| Esperanto | bati |
| Faeroese | sláa; berja |
| Finnish | lyödä |
| French | battre |
| German | schlagen; prügeln; klopfen |
| Hungarian | ür; ver |
| Icelandic | slá |
| Italian | battere |
| Jamaican Patois | lik |
| Latin | battuere; fligere; pellere; pulsare |
| Low German | slån |
| Luxemburgish | schloen |
| Norwegian | slå |
| Papiamento | bati; dal; gòlpi |
| Polish | bić |
| Portuguese | bater |
| Romanian | bate |
| Russian | бить |
| Saterland Frisian | haue; slo; buukje; rammelje |
| Scots | beat |
| Scottish Gaelic | buail |
| Spanish | batir; pegar |
| Sranan | fon; naki |
| Swedish | banka; drabba; slå |
| Thai | ตี |
| West Frisian | huffe; slaan; reitsje |
| Yiddish | שלאָגן |