| Example in Esperanto | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Erkki ekhavis la konkursan timon - kaj komencis batadi ĉion kio moviĝas, je duobla takto. | Erkki lost his nerve and started to slam everything that moved until the song went in double speed. |
| Ni batadis la malamikon. | We gave the enemy a drubbing. |
| La infanoj piede batadis la greson kaj la gardisto skoldis ilin. | The children trampled on the grass and the guard scolded them. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | slå | Dutch | kleunen,trommelen |
| English | beat | Estonian | peksma |
| Faroese | berja, buka, sláa | French | battre |
| German | besiegen, bezwingen, hauen, pochen, prügeln, schlagen, toppen | Greek | δέρνω, χτυπώ |
| Hungarian | kiver, megver, ver | Icelandic | berja, drepa |
| Italian | bastonare, battere, picchiare, pulsare, sbattere, stangare | Japanese | 鼓動 |
| Latvian | sasist, sist | Lithuanian | daužyti, dobti, įveikti, mušti, nurungti |
| Norwegian | denge, slå | Polish | bębnić, bić, lawirować, pobić, potrzepywać, tłuc, trzepać |
| Portuguese | bater | Spanish | barloventear, batir, latir |