verb/bateˈaɾ/
to bat (to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball)
Related: bateo
Etymology tree English batbor. Spanish bate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izō Latin -izāre Spanish -ear Spanish batear From bate (“bat”) + -ear.