Batista

American  

[buh-tee-stuh, bah-tees-tah] / bəˈti stə, bɑˈtis tɑ /

noun

1. Fulgencio Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar, 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.

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Batista British  

/ baˈtista /

noun

1. Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar . 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro

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Example Sentences

“It’s an individual decision to rebuild back the herd and it’s a lot of micro decisions to get that done,” Batista Filho said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Wesley Batista Filho, chief executive of JBS’s U.S. business, said the company’s proposals to the union were fair and that it’s difficult to tell how long the Greeley strike will last.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Inside the ornate former presidential palace, photographs and oral testimony detail the grinding poverty and ingrained corruption of the dictatorship of Cuba's then-military strongman, Fulgencio Batista.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Part of what made Batista an attractive prospect for Santa Monica in the summer of 2021 was his ability to fight crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Less than four years before, in November 1956, Castro and a force of eighty-one rebels had sailed from Mexico to Cuba, determined to retake their homeland from a corrupt dictator, Fulgencio Batista.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin