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pit / hoyo
pit
A. -noun
1. (=hole in ground) hoyo (m), foso (m) (as grave) fosa (f) (as trap) trampa (f) (figurative) abismo (m)
·he felt himself in a pit of despair
·se hallaba sumido en un abismo de desesperaciónoun
·[the] pit
(=hell) el infierno
·the pit of [hell]
·lo masculineánoun profundo del infierno
·the pit of one'noun stomach
·la boca del estómago
2. (mining) mina (f) (de carbónoun)
(=quarry) cantera (f)
·to [go down] the pit(noun)
(literally) bajar a la mina
(=start work there) ir a trabajar a la mina
3. (automobiles) also inspection pit foso (m) de reparaciónoun
4. ·[the] pits
4.1. (Motor racing) los boxes
4.2. (United States) *
·to be [in] the pits
[person, economy] estar por los suelos *
4.3. (British, Great Britain)
(=awful)
·this town really is the pits
·este pueblo es para echarse a llorar
·he'noun the pits
·es insoportable
5. (British, Great Britain) (theatre)
·[the] pit
·el patio de butacas, la platea
6. (for cockfighting) cancha (f), reñidero (m)
7. (United States) (Stock Exchange) parquet (m) de la Bolsa
·the [cotton] pit
·la bolsa del algodónoun
8. (=small depression) (in metal, glass) muesca (f), marca (f) (on face) marca (f), picadura (f)
9. (British, Great Britain) *
(=bed) catre (m) / catre masculine (f), piltra (f) Spain Spain
B. -transitive verb
1. (=mark)
[+surface] picar, marcar
·a car pitted with rust
·un coche con marcas de óxido
·his face was pitted with pockmarks
·tenía la cara picada de viruelas
·the tarmac was pitted with craters
·la calzada estaba llena de hoyos
2. (figurative)
·her argument is pitted with flaws
·su argumento está plagado de defectos
C. -compound
·pit bull (terrier) -noun pit bull terrier (m), bull terrier (m) de pelea
·pit closure -noun cierre (m) de pozos (mineros)
·pit lane -noun (Motor racing) recta (f) de boxes
·pit pony -noun poney usado antiguamente en las minas
·pit stop -noun (Motor racing) entrada (f) en boxes * (on journey) parada (f) en ruta
·to [make] a pit stop
(Motor racing) entrar en boxes * (on journey) hacer una parada
·pit worker -noun minero (m) / minera (f)
pit / pepita
pit
(United States)
A. -noun (in fruit) pepita (f), hueso (m), pepa (f) especially Latin America
B. -transitive verb deshuesar, quitar el hueso a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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