English → Tetun
beat
(hit) baku, dere; (defeat)
Example sentences
"Come on, or I'll beat you!" the cat said.
"Tama mai, se lae ha'u sei tata o!" asu ne'e dehan.
"They beat me with my Maun Julio.
"Sira baku ha'u ho ha'u nia Maun Julio.
"We don't beat people or hurt others."
"Ami la baku ema ka hakilar ema seluk."
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “beat”
- You’re a gossip! Be careful or they could beat you up.Ó lori lia dór! Kuidadu keta sira bele baku mak ne'e.
- Yesterday my mother beat each of us because we didn't study.Horiseik ha'u nia inan baku ami dasa tanba ami la estuda.
- Don’t tease this person. If he loses his temper, he could beat you up.Ó keta goza ema ne'e, nia raan nakali ona bele baku ita.
- The young girls beat their drums to welcome the president to their school.Alin feto sira baku baba-dook hodi fó benvindu ba prezidente ba sira nia eskola.