Grammatical class

Verb

battre

to beat; to defeat

Details

Syllables

bat-tre

Phonetics

batʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

937

Freq. (movies)

731

Freq. (news)

1762

Sentences

Tom va te battre.

Tom will beat you.

A1

Je veux me battre.

I want to fight.

A1

Je vais me battre.

I'm going to fight.

A1

Je dois me battre.

I have to fight.

A1

J’irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.

I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I will fight for a seat at the counter.

A2

Tu ne peux pas me battre !

You cannot defeat me!

A2

Sami s'est mis à battre Layla.

Sami started beating Layla up.

A2

Se battre ne résoudra rien.

Fighting won't settle anything.

B1

Il est impossible à battre.

He is impossible to beat.

B1

Peut-être pouvez-vous me battre.

Perhaps you can beat me.

B1

C'est pourquoi nous devons nous battre.

That's why we must fight.

B1

Arrête de te battre.

Stop fighting.

B2