| Example in Esperanto | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| La angla teamo venkobatis la brazilan teamon en la internacia futbala turniro. | The English team beat the Brazilian team in the international football tournament. |
| Iam Kristoforo Kolumbo komencis revolucion kaj post tio venkobatis ĝin. | Christopher Columbus once started a revolution, and then crushed it. |
| 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 |