combate

combate

1. inflection of combater:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /kumˈba.te/

combate

1. to combat

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
• Hyphenation: com‧ba‧te

combate m (plural combates)

1. combat; fighting; conflict
   1. (military) a battle, especially a short one; skirmish

      Synonyms: batalha, (chiefly historical) escaramuça

   2. (martial arts, blood sports) fighting, or a fight, in a sport context

      Synonym: luta

   3. (figuratively) fierce campaigning or effort against something; war

      Synonyms: luta, enfrentamento

combate

1. inflection of combater:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French combattre, with conjugation based on bate.

• IPA^(key): /komˈba.te/

a combate (third-person singular present combate, past participle combătut) 3rd conj.

1. to combat, fight, struggle against

   Synonym: lupta

2. to control; to take measures against; to beat or force back

• bate

• combate in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /komˈbate/ [kõmˈba.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: com‧ba‧te

Deverbal from combatir.

combate m (plural combates)

1. combat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

combate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of combar combined with te
2. inflection of combatir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “combate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28