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The Latin word for to hit is
ferire





to hit



Translations for to hit and their definitions

ferio
     1. v. I hit, I strike, I smite, I beat, I knock.
           Feriri a serpente. - To be stung by a snake.
     2. v. I cut, I thrust.
     3. v. (with accusative) I kill by striking, I slay, I give a deathblow
           Aliquem securi ferire. - To behead someone with an axe.
     4. v. (money) I strike, I stamp, I coin.
           Asses sextantario pondere ferire. - To strike asses only the sixth part of a pound.


battuo
     1. v. I beat, hit, pound, beat up
     2. v. I fight
     3. v. I bang (have sex with)


pello
     1. v. I push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
     2. v. I strike, set in motion.
     3. v. (military) I rout, put to flight, discomfit.
     4. v. (music) I strike the chords, play.
     5. v. (figuratively) I touch, move, affect, impress
     6. v. (figuratively) I conquer, overcome, beat, defeat.


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