betar

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to beat, strike, hew”). Cognate with Old High German bōzzan (“to beat”), Old English bēatan (“to thrash, beat”), Old Norse bauta (“to beat”). Compare also French bouter, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish botar. More at beat.

Pronunciation

• (Rhône-Alpes) IPA^(key): /bøˈta/

Verb

betar

1. to put

Conjugation

    Conjugation of betar

		simple			compound
infinitive		betar			haveir betá
gerund		betánt			hayent betá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	betá			betáe
	plural	betás			betáes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo (j')	tu (t')	il/elli	nos	vos	ils
	present	beto	betes	bete	betems	betads	betont
	imperfect	betavo	betaves	betave	betavams	betavads	betavant
	preterite	betei	betés	betet	betêmos	betêtes	betèront
	future	beterai	beterés	beterat	beterems	betereds	beteránt
	conditional	beterim	beteriés	beteriet	beteriams	beteriads	beteriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il/el	que nos	que vos	qu'ils/els
	present	beto	betes	bete	betams	betads	betant
	imperfect	betesso	betesses	betesse	betessams	betessads	betessant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			beta		betams	betads

Portuguese

Etymology

From beta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈta(ʁ)/ [beˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈta(ʁ)/ [beˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /beˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /beˈta(ʁ)/ [beˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈta(ɻ)/

• Hyphenation: be‧tar

Verb

betar (first-person singular present beto, first-person singular preterite betei, past participle betado)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang, transitive) to act like a beta male, to simp i.e. to be excessively kind to a woman to get her romantic or sexual interest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of betar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	betar
Personal	betar	betares	betar	betarmos	betardes	betarem
Gerund
	betando
Past participle
Masculine	betado			betados
Feminine	betada			betadas
Indicative
Present	beto	betas	beta	betamos	betais	betam
Imperfect	betava	betavas	betava	betávamos	betáveis	betavam
Preterite	betei	betaste	betou	betamos1, betámos2	betastes	betaram
Pluperfect	betara	betaras	betara	betáramos	betáreis	betaram
Future	betarei	betarás	betará	betaremos	betareis	betarão
Conditional	betaria	betarias	betaria	betaríamos	betaríeis	betariam
Subjunctive
Present	bete	betes	bete	betemos	beteis	betem
Imperfect	betasse	betasses	betasse	betássemos	betásseis	betassem
Future	betar	betares	betar	betarmos	betardes	betarem
Imperative
Affirmative		beta	bete	betemos	betai	betem
Negative (não)		não betes	não bete	não betemos	não beteis	não betem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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Etymology

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Noun

betar

1. stink bean; bitter bean (Parkia speciosa).

Swedish

Noun

betar

1. indefinite plural of bet
2. indefinite plural of bete

Verb

betar

1. present indicative of beta

Anagrams

• Berta