/laˈtiɾ/
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Translation
to beat, to throb
Word origin
From Latin latrare ('to bark'). The sense shifted from a dog's barking to the throbbing beat of the heart.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- latrare
Grammar
Verb type-ir regular (3rd group)
Examples
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My heart was beating very fast.
pulso .
I could feel his pulse throbbing in his wrist.
instante.
The heart stopped beating for a moment.
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The wound throbbed with pain.
¿ ?
Can you feel how your heart beats after running?
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