pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/ verbo C2En español: echar, lanzar, pichar, pichear
- To throw. · He pitched the horseshoe.
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate. · The hurler pitched a curveball.· He pitched high and inside.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher. · Bob pitches today.
- To throw away; discard. · He pitched the candy wrapper.
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell. · He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind. · At which level should I pitch my presentation?
- To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively. · Pitch the tent over there.
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
He/she/it pitches · Pasado pitched · Participio pasado pitched · Forma en -ing pitching
Formas del verbo
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
The place was pitch dark, but it was evident to me that it was an empty house.
All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade’s facts.”
He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin’ up agin the railings, and a-singin’ at the pitch o’ his lungs about Columbine’s New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff.
Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.
Otras coincidencias
- pitch pez, brea, zopisa B2
- pitch afinar, dar el tono B2
- pitch embrear, alquitranar, oscurecer C2
- pitch negro como el carbón, oscuro C2
- pitch altura, altura tonal, frecuencia acústica/sónica C2
- pitch tiro, lanzamiento, campo C2
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slight...
- pitch in arrimar el hombro
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