Meaning
to beat, club
- to strike or beat someone or something repeatedly with a stick or club
- to defeat heavily in a competition or criticize harshly
In a sentence
I briganti tentarono di bastonare il viaggiatore per rubargli la borsa.
The bandits attempted to beat the traveler with sticks to steal his bag.
La critica ha bastonato il suo ultimo film senza alcuna pietà.
The critics slammed his latest movie without any mercy.
Non bastonare quell'animale indifeso solo perché ha abbaiato!
Don't beat that defenseless animal just because it barked!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bastonare | infinitive |
| bastono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| bastoni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bastona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bastoniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| bastonate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bastonavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bastonavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bastonava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bastonavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bastonavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bastonai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| bastonasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| bastonò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| bastonammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| bastonaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| bastonerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| bastonerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| bastonerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| bastoneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| bastonerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| bastoneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| bastoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| bastoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bastoni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bastoniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| bastoniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bastonassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| bastonassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| bastonasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| bastonassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| bastonaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| bastonerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| bastoneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bastonerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bastoneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| bastonereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bastona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| bastoniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| bastonate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| bastonando | gerund |
| bastonato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Derived from 'bastone' (stick, cane).
- Often used metaphorically in sports or reviews to describe a crushing defeat or harsh critique.