bate-bate

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Reduplication of bate. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bate-bate m (plural bate-bates or bates-bates) clackers a kind of wood tool used to repel birds clapping (Brazil) smoothie, sometimes alcoholic Synonym: batida (Brazil) beating Synonym: surra (Brazil) thunderstick (narrow plastic balloon) Synonym: bateco (Portugal) scarecrow Synonym: espantalho (Portugal) latch Synonym: taramela === Noun === bate-bate m (invariable) (Brazil) clipping of carrinho bate-bate (“bumper car”) === Further reading === bate-bate on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “bate-bate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bate-bate”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bate-bate”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “bate-bate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026