batter

golpear, apalear

Golpear con fuerza a alguien o algo muchas veces.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone or something hard many times.

• Waves battered the boat.
• They tried to batter the door down.
• Heavy rain had battered the roof all night.

Cómo se usa: batter someone/something (The storm battered the island.); batter something down (They battered the gate down.)

Sinónimos: beat, pound, pummel

Expresiones frecuentes: batter someone, batter a door, batter the coast

aplastar, machacar

Vencer a un rival por una diferencia muy grande.

En inglés sencillo: To beat an opponent by a very large amount.

• We battered them yesterday.
• The home team battered their opponents by six goals.
• Can they batter the champions again this season?

Cómo se usa: batter someone (Our team battered the visitors.)

Sinónimos: thrash, crush, trounce

Expresiones frecuentes: batter a team, batter an opponent

emborrachar

Hacer que alguien quede muy borracho.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone very drunk.

• That strong cocktail will batter you.
• Two drinks like that could batter anyone.
• The cheap spirits had battered him before midnight.

Cómo se usa: batter someone (That whisky could batter you.)

Sinónimos: intoxicate, get drunk

Antónimos: sober up

Expresiones frecuentes: batter someone, batter you quickly

bateador

Jugador al que le toca golpear la pelota con un bate.

En inglés sencillo: A player whose turn it is to hit the ball with a bat.

• The batter hit the ball.
• The next batter walked onto the field.
• Our best batter scored fifty runs.

Sinónimos: hitter, batsman

Expresiones frecuentes: first batter, next batter, left-handed batter

masa, rebozado

Mezcla de harina y líquido para hacer pasteles o tortitas, o cubrir alimentos antes de freírlos.

En inglés sencillo: A mixture of flour and liquid used to make cakes or pancakes, or to cover food before frying.

• Pour the batter into the pan.
• She dipped the fish in batter before frying it.
• Is the pancake batter too thick?

Expresiones frecuentes: pancake batter, cake batter, batter mixture

borrachera

Periodo en el que se bebe muchísimo alcohol.

En inglés sencillo: A period of drinking far too much alcohol.

• He went on a batter.
• After a three-day batter, she felt terrible.
• His weekend batter ended with a painful hangover.

Cómo se usa: go on a batter (He went on a batter after payday.)

Sinónimos: binge, bender

Expresiones frecuentes: on a batter, weekend batter