Meanings (ES + gloss)
brea • galipote • pez • resina • zopisa
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
brea • galipote • pez • zopisa
A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.
The barrel was sealed with pitch.
They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tiro
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
a good pitch in quoits
lanzamiento
The act of pitching a baseball.
The pitch was low and inside.
campo
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
The teams met on the pitch.
charla convincente • presentación vendedora • técnica de ventas
An effort to sell or promote something.
He gave me a sales pitch.
distancia • paso (de rosca o hélice)
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
declive
The angle at which an object sits.
the pitch of the roof or haystack
ángulo
The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
tono
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
But, except the mind be disordered by disease or madness, they never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity
He lived at a time when learning was at its highest pitch.
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
altura • altura tonal • frecuencia acústica • frecuencia sónica • tono
The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
Hertzian waves are not caused by vibrations of the ponderable matter of the brass balls, the form of which only determines the pitch.
The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
echar • lanzar
To throw.
He pitched the horseshoe.
echar • lanzar • pichar • pichear
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
He pitched high and inside.
The hurler pitched a curveball.
promover
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
armar • atendar • plantar
To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
Pitch the tent over there.
Why not, when it was clearly now possible to pitch your tent well beyond whatever expert consensus considered reasonable and be lionised instead of punished [...]
arfar • cabecear
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
The airplane pitched.
The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
Phrases
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