batterla

to beat her

→ battere

batter to beat, to defeat + la 3rd-person singular feminine direct-object clitic

verb · informal Rare #43,414

to beat her The final -la means “her” and is attached to the infinitive.

IT: È difficile batterla a tennis.

EN: It's hard to beat her at tennis.

Conjugation of battere

	Singular	Plural
Second	batterti	battervi

Past

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
Second	batti	battete
Third	batte	—

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
Third	batteva	—

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
Second	batti	battete
Third	batta	—

Present

Subjunctive present

Indicative future

	Singular	Plural
First	batterò	batteremo
Third	batterà	—

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
Third	batté	—

Indicative

Anyone here can beat her.

Valentina is chasing us and we can't beat her.

— Thunderbolts* (2025)

I want to beat her.

And beat her, obviously.

— Dangal (2016)