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From batre +‎ -egar.

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

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Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to trounce, wallop, beat, pummel

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