What does bata in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word bata in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bata in Spanish.

The word bata in Spanish means housecoat, dressing gown, robe, lab coat, white coat, dressing gown, beat against, beat on, whip, beat, flap, beat, break, defeat, beat, flap wings, fight, bathrobe, robe, school smock, school gown, overalls, school smock. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bata

housecoat, dressing gown, robe

nombre femenino (prenda para casa) (loose garment worn at home)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Llegaron los invitados y me encontraron en bata y sin arreglar.
I was in my dressing gown and hadn't got ready when the guests turned up.

lab coat, white coat

nombre femenino (uniforme de trabajo) (uniform: doctor, technician)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Puedes reconocer a los médicos del hospital porque usan una bata blanca.
You can tell who the hospital doctors are from their white lab coats.

dressing gown

nombre femenino (prenda de mujer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi madre siempre se pone batas en verano para andar más fresca.
My mother always wears dressing gowns in the summer to keep cool.

beat against, beat on

verbo transitivo (golpear) (wind, rain)

El viento batía las contraventanas de la casa.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The sound of the rain beating against the window kept me awake all night.

whip

verbo transitivo (mover: líquidos, sustancias) (cream)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Bate la leche si quieres obtener nata.
Whip the milk if you want to make cream.

beat, flap

verbo transitivo (ave: mover las alas)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El águila batió las alas con elegancia y se elevó en el aire.
The eagle beat (or: flapped) his wings elegantly and rose into the air.

beat, break

verbo transitivo (superar marca)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Batió el récord mundial de los cien metros lisos.
He beat (or: broke) the world record in the hundred-metre dash.

defeat, beat

verbo transitivo (deporte: vencer oponentes)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El corredor batió a sus oponentes y alcanzó la meta en primer lugar.
The runner defeated (or: beat) his opponents and reached the finish line in first place.

flap wings

verbo pronominal (ave rapaz: precipitarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La lechuza se batió y atrapó a un ratón.
The owl flapped its wings and caught a mouse.

fight

verbo pronominal (combatir, batallar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los dos ejércitos se batieron ferozmente.
The two armies fought ferociously.

bathrobe, robe

locución nominal femenina (albornoz)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Salió de la habitación con su bata de baño.
She walked out of the room in her bathrobe.

school smock, school gown

(babero de alumno)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El pequeño Tomás manchó su bata de colegio con chocolate.
Little Tomas stained his school smock with chocolate.

overalls

locución nominal femenina (coloquial (delantal, mandil) (farmer, mechanic)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Los obreros usan batas de trabajo azules.
Workmen wear blue overalls.

school smock

locución nominal femenina (de colegio, jardín) (art work)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El niño se manchó su bata escolar.
The child stained her school smock.

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