Significado de pitch en inglés
pitchpitch1 /pɪtʃ/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1sports field [countable] British English a marked out area of ground on which a sport is playedárea delimitada de terreno donde se practica un deporte SYN fieldfootball/cricket/rugby etc pitch
the world-famous Wembley football pitchel mundialmente famoso campo de fútbol de Wembley He ran the length of the pitch and scored.Corrió todo el largo del campo y marcó.on the pitch (=playing a sport)(=practicando un deporte) Jack was on the pitch for his school in the Senior Cup Final.Jack estaba en el campo representando a su escuela en la Final de la Copa Senior.2strong feelings/activity [singular, uncountable] a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a qualityun nivel intenso de sentimiento hacia algo, o un nivel elevado de una actividad o cualidad: The controversy reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted a whole page to it.La controversia alcanzó tal punto (=se volvió tan intensa) que el periódico le dedicó una página entera.a pitch of excitement/excellence/perfection etc (=a high level of excitement etc)(=un nivel muy alto de emoción, etc.) He screamed at her in a pitch of fury.Le gritó en un arrebato de furia. The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch (=a very excited level).El gol llevó al público a un estado de excitación febril (=un nivel de entusiasmo muy alto).3music a)[singular, uncountable] how high or low a note or other sound isqué tan agudo o grave es una nota u otro sonido: Ultrasonic waves are at a higher pitch than the human ear can hear.Las ondas ultrasónicas tienen un tono más alto de lo que el oído humano puede percibir. b)[uncountable] the ability of a musician to play or sing a note at exactly the correct levella capacidad de un músico para tocar o cantar una nota exactamente al nivel correcto: She’s got perfect pitch.Ella tiene oído absoluto.4persuading [countable] informalinformal the things someone says to persuade people to buy something, do something, or accept an idealo que alguien dice para persuadir a la gente de que compre algo, haga algo o acepte una idea: an aggressive salesman with a fast-talking sales pitchun vendedor agresivo con un discurso de ventas locuaz y persuasivomake a/somebody’s pitch (for something) (=try to persuade people to do something)(=intentar persuadir a la gente de hacer algo) He made his strongest pitch yet for standardized testing in schools.Hizo su defensa más enérgica hasta ahora a favor de las pruebas estandarizadas en las escuelas.5baseball [countable] a throw of the ball, or a way in which it can be thrownun lanzamiento de la pelota, o la forma en que puede lanzarse: His first pitch was high and wide.Su primer lanzamiento fue alto y desviado.6black substance [uncountable] a black sticky substance that is used on roofs, the bottoms of ships etc to stop water coming throughsustancia negra y pegajosa que se aplica en tejados, fondos de barcos, etc. para impedir la entrada de agua: The night was as black as pitch (=very dark).La noche era tan negra como la pez (=muy oscura). → pitch-black, pitch-dark7ship/aircraft [uncountable] an up and down movement of a ship or an aircraftmovimiento de cabeceo de un barco o una aeronave: the pitch and roll of the shipel cabeceo y el balanceo del barco8slope [singular, uncountable] the degree to which a roof slopes or the sloping part of a roofel grado de inclinación de un tejado o la parte inclinada del mismo: the steep pitch of the roofla pronunciada inclinación del tejado9street/market [countable] British English a place in a public area where someone goes to sell things or where an entertainer goes to performlugar en un espacio público donde alguien vende mercancías o un artista actúa: We found the boy at his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis.Encontramos al chico en su lugar habitual al pie de la Acrópolis. → queer somebody’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody at queer3
Ver todas las traducciones1sports field [countable] British English a marked out area of ground on which a sport is playedárea delimitada de terreno donde se practica un deporte SYN fieldfootball/cricket/rugby etc pitch the world-famous Wembley football pitchel mundialmente famoso campo de fútbol de Wembley He ran the length of the pitch and scored.Corrió todo el largo del campo y marcó.on the pitch (=playing a sport)(=practicando un deporte) Jack was on the pitch for his school in the Senior Cup Final.Jack estaba en el campo representando a su escuela en la Final de la Copa Senior.2strong feelings/activity [singular, uncountable] a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a qualityun nivel intenso de sentimiento hacia algo, o un nivel elevado de una actividad o cualidad: The controversy reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted a whole page to it.La controversia alcanzó tal punto (=se volvió tan intensa) que el periódico le dedicó una página entera.a pitch of excitement/excellence/perfection etc (=a high level of excitement etc)(=un nivel muy alto de emoción, etc.) He screamed at her in a pitch of fury.Le gritó en un arrebato de furia. The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch (=a very excited level).El gol llevó al público a un estado de excitación febril (=un nivel de entusiasmo muy alto).3music a)[singular, uncountable] how high or low a note or other sound isqué tan agudo o grave es una nota u otro sonido: Ultrasonic waves are at a higher pitch than the human ear can hear.Las ondas ultrasónicas tienen un tono más alto de lo que el oído humano puede percibir. b)[uncountable] the ability of a musician to play or sing a note at exactly the correct levella capacidad de un músico para tocar o cantar una nota exactamente al nivel correcto: She’s got perfect pitch.Ella tiene oído absoluto.4persuading [countable] informalinformal the things someone says to persuade people to buy something, do something, or accept an idealo que alguien dice para persuadir a la gente de que compre algo, haga algo o acepte una idea: an aggressive salesman with a fast-talking sales pitchun vendedor agresivo con un discurso de ventas locuaz y persuasivomake a/somebody’s pitch (for something) (=try to persuade people to do something)(=intentar persuadir a la gente de hacer algo) He made his strongest pitch yet for standardized testing in schools.Hizo su defensa más enérgica hasta ahora a favor de las pruebas estandarizadas en las escuelas.5baseball [countable] a throw of the ball, or a way in which it can be thrownun lanzamiento de la pelota, o la forma en que puede lanzarse: His first pitch was high and wide.Su primer lanzamiento fue alto y desviado.6black substance [uncountable] a black sticky substance that is used on roofs, the bottoms of ships etc to stop water coming throughsustancia negra y pegajosa que se aplica en tejados, fondos de barcos, etc. para impedir la entrada de agua: The night was as black as pitch (=very dark).La noche era tan negra como la pez (=muy oscura). → pitch-black, pitch-dark7ship/aircraft [uncountable] an up and down movement of a ship or an aircraftmovimiento de cabeceo de un barco o una aeronave: the pitch and roll of the shipel cabeceo y el balanceo del barco8slope [singular, uncountable] the degree to which a roof slopes or the sloping part of a roofel grado de inclinación de un tejado o la parte inclinada del mismo: the steep pitch of the roofla pronunciada inclinación del tejado9street/market [countable] British English a place in a public area where someone goes to sell things or where an entertainer goes to performlugar en un espacio público donde alguien vende mercancías o un artista actúa: We found the boy at his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis.Encontramos al chico en su lugar habitual al pie de la Acrópolis. → queer somebody’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody at queer3pitchpitch2 verb 1
throw [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefullylanzar algo con mucha fuerza, a menudo apuntando cuidadosamente: She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire.Arrugó la página y la lanzó al fuego.► see thesaurus at throw2ball games a)[intransitive, transitive] to aim and throw a ball in baseballapuntar y lanzar la pelota en béisbolpitch to Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning.Stanton lanzó a dos bateadores en la novena entrada. b)[intransitive] if a ball pitches in cricket or golf, it hits the grounden críquet o golf, cuando la pelota toca el suelo c)[transitive] to hit the ball in a high curve in golfgolpear la pelota en una curva alta en golf d)[transitive] to make the ball hit the ground when you are bowling in crickethacer que la pelota golpee el suelo al lanzar en críquet3fall [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to fall or be moved suddenly in a particular direction, or to make someone or something do thiscaer o moverse repentinamente en una dirección determinada, o hacer que alguien o algo lo hagapitch (somebody/something) forward/backward/over etc She slipped and pitched forward onto the ground.Resbaló y cayó de bruces al suelo.pitch somebody/something into/onto/through etc something Without a seat belt, you can easily be pitched right through the windscreen.Sin cinturón de seguridad, puedes ser lanzado fácilmente a través del parabrisas.4ship/plane [intransitive] if a ship or an aircraft pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or aircuando un barco o una aeronave cabecea, se mueve arriba y abajo de forma descontrolada siguiendo el movimiento del agua o del aire → roll2(4), → yaw5set a level [transitive] a)to set a speech, examination, explanation etc at a particular level of difficultysituar un discurso, examen, explicación, etc. en un determinado nivel de dificultadpitch something at a high level/the right level etc You have to pitch your writing at the right level.Tienes que ajustar tu escritura al nivel adecuado. Some questions were pitched too high for intermediate students.Algunas preguntas tenían un nivel demasiado alto para los estudiantes de nivel intermedio. b) British English to set prices at a particular levelfijar precios en un determinado nivelbe pitched at something Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single.Las tarifas de habitación individual se fijan en 69 libras.GRAMMAR Pitch is often passive in this meaning.6aim product [transitive] to aim a product at a particular type of organization, group of people etc, or to describe it in a particular way, in order to sell itdirigir un producto a un tipo específico de organización, grupo de personas, etc., o describirlo de una manera determinada para venderlobe pitched at somebody/something The new machine will be pitched at users in the hotel and air reservation business.La nueva máquina irá dirigida a los usuarios del sector de reservas hoteleras y aéreas.be pitched as something It is pitched as a cheaper alternative to other workstations.Se presenta como una alternativa más económica a otras estaciones de trabajo.GRAMMAR Pitch is usually passive in this meaning.7business deals [intransitive, transitive] informalinformal to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etcintentar persuadir a alguien de hacer negocios contigo, comprar algo, etc.pitch for business/contracts/custom etc Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.Los libreros están ansiosos por conseguir el negocio de las escuelas.pitch to For many companies, pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job.Para muchas empresas, hacer presentaciones a los inversores se ha convertido casi en un trabajo a tiempo completo. sales reps pitching new gadgetsrepresentantes de ventas que ofrecen nuevos dispositivos8voice/music [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that levelsi ajustas tu voz u otro sonido a un nivel determinado, el sonido se produce a ese nivelpitch something high/low etc Her voice is pitched a little too high.Su voz está entonada un poco demasiado alta. → high-pitched, low-pitched9pitch a tent/pitch camp to set up a tent or a camp for a short timemontar una tienda de campaña o un campamento por un período corto: Try and pitch your tent on level ground.Intenta montar tu tienda en terreno llano.10slope [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to slope downinclinarse hacia abajopitch gently/steeply etc The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house.El tejado desciende abruptamente hacia la parte trasera de la casa. → pitched11pitch somebody a line American English informalinformal to tell someone a story or give them an excuse that is difficult to believecontarle a alguien una historia o darle una excusa difícil de creer: She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the metro.Me contó una historia sobre una alerta de bomba en el metro.pitch in phrasal verb informalinformal1to join others and help with an activityunirse a otros y ayudar en una actividad: If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time.Si todos nos ponemos a ayudar, lo terminaremos en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.pitch in with Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.Todos colaboraron para entretener a los niños.2to join others and pay part of the money towards somethingunirse a otros y contribuir con dinero para algo: They all pitched in and the money was collected within a few days.Todos contribuyeron y el dinero se reunió en pocos días.3 British English to start to eat hungrilyempezar a comer con voracidad: Pitch in – there’s plenty.Sírvete – hay de sobra.pitch into somebody/something phrasal verb British English informalinformal1to suddenly start criticizing someone or hitting themempezar repentinamente a criticar a alguien o a golpearlo: She pitched into me as soon as I started to speak.Se lanzó contra mí en cuanto empecé a hablar.2to start doing something, especially quickly and eagerlyempezar a hacer algo, especialmente de forma rápida y entusiasta: Rick pitched into decorating the house at once.Rick se puso enseguida a decorar la casa.pitch up phrasal verb British English spokenoral to arrive somewherellegar a algún lugar SYN turn up: Wait a bit longer – Bill hasn’t pitched up yet.Espera un poco más – Bill todavía no ha llegado.
1throw [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefullylanzar algo con mucha fuerza, a menudo apuntando cuidadosamente: She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire.Arrugó la página y la lanzó al fuego.► see thesaurus at throw2ball games a)[intransitive, transitive] to aim and throw a ball in baseballapuntar y lanzar la pelota en béisbolpitch to Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning.Stanton lanzó a dos bateadores en la novena entrada. b)[intransitive] if a ball pitches in cricket or golf, it hits the grounden críquet o golf, cuando la pelota toca el suelo c)[transitive] to hit the ball in a high curve in golfgolpear la pelota en una curva alta en golf d)[transitive] to make the ball hit the ground when you are bowling in crickethacer que la pelota golpee el suelo al lanzar en críquet3fall [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to fall or be moved suddenly in a particular direction, or to make someone or something do thiscaer o moverse repentinamente en una dirección determinada, o hacer que alguien o algo lo hagapitch (somebody/something) forward/backward/over etc She slipped and pitched forward onto the ground.Resbaló y cayó de bruces al suelo.pitch somebody/something into/onto/through etc something Without a seat belt, you can easily be pitched right through the windscreen.Sin cinturón de seguridad, puedes ser lanzado fácilmente a través del parabrisas.4ship/plane [intransitive] if a ship or an aircraft pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or aircuando un barco o una aeronave cabecea, se mueve arriba y abajo de forma descontrolada siguiendo el movimiento del agua o del aire → roll2(4), → yaw5set a level [transitive] a)to set a speech, examination, explanation etc at a particular level of difficultysituar un discurso, examen, explicación, etc. en un determinado nivel de dificultadpitch something at a high level/the right level etc You have to pitch your writing at the right level.Tienes que ajustar tu escritura al nivel adecuado. Some questions were pitched too high for intermediate students.Algunas preguntas tenían un nivel demasiado alto para los estudiantes de nivel intermedio. b) British English to set prices at a particular levelfijar precios en un determinado nivelbe pitched at something Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single.Las tarifas de habitación individual se fijan en 69 libras.GRAMMAR Pitch is often passive in this meaning.6aim product [transitive] to aim a product at a particular type of organization, group of people etc, or to describe it in a particular way, in order to sell itdirigir un producto a un tipo específico de organización, grupo de personas, etc., o describirlo de una manera determinada para venderlobe pitched at somebody/something The new machine will be pitched at users in the hotel and air reservation business.La nueva máquina irá dirigida a los usuarios del sector de reservas hoteleras y aéreas.be pitched as something It is pitched as a cheaper alternative to other workstations.Se presenta como una alternativa más económica a otras estaciones de trabajo.GRAMMAR Pitch is usually passive in this meaning.7business deals [intransitive, transitive] informalinformal to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etcintentar persuadir a alguien de hacer negocios contigo, comprar algo, etc.pitch for business/contracts/custom etc Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.Los libreros están ansiosos por conseguir el negocio de las escuelas.pitch to For many companies, pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job.Para muchas empresas, hacer presentaciones a los inversores se ha convertido casi en un trabajo a tiempo completo. sales reps pitching new gadgetsrepresentantes de ventas que ofrecen nuevos dispositivos8voice/music [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that levelsi ajustas tu voz u otro sonido a un nivel determinado, el sonido se produce a ese nivelpitch something high/low etc Her voice is pitched a little too high.Su voz está entonada un poco demasiado alta. → high-pitched, low-pitched9pitch a tent/pitch camp to set up a tent or a camp for a short timemontar una tienda de campaña o un campamento por un período corto: Try and pitch your tent on level ground.Intenta montar tu tienda en terreno llano.10slope [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to slope downinclinarse hacia abajopitch gently/steeply etc The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house.El tejado desciende abruptamente hacia la parte trasera de la casa. → pitched11pitch somebody a line American English informalinformal to tell someone a story or give them an excuse that is difficult to believecontarle a alguien una historia o darle una excusa difícil de creer: She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the metro.Me contó una historia sobre una alerta de bomba en el metro.pitch in phrasal verb informalinformal1to join others and help with an activityunirse a otros y ayudar en una actividad: If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time.Si todos nos ponemos a ayudar, lo terminaremos en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.pitch in with Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.Todos colaboraron para entretener a los niños.2to join others and pay part of the money towards somethingunirse a otros y contribuir con dinero para algo: They all pitched in and the money was collected within a few days.Todos contribuyeron y el dinero se reunió en pocos días.3 British English to start to eat hungrilyempezar a comer con voracidad: Pitch in – there’s plenty.Sírvete – hay de sobra.pitch into somebody/something phrasal verb British English informalinformal1to suddenly start criticizing someone or hitting themempezar repentinamente a criticar a alguien o a golpearlo: She pitched into me as soon as I started to speak.Se lanzó contra mí en cuanto empecé a hablar.2to start doing something, especially quickly and eagerlyempezar a hacer algo, especialmente de forma rápida y entusiasta: Rick pitched into decorating the house at once.Rick se puso enseguida a decorar la casa.pitch up phrasal verb British English spokenoral to arrive somewherellegar a algún lugar SYN turn up: Wait a bit longer – Bill hasn’t pitched up yet.Espera un poco más – Bill todavía no ha llegado.