Pronúncia: pɪtʃ
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noun
- [throw] llançament.
- it came full pitch into my hands va anar a parar de dret a les meves mans.
- Sport camp de joc, terreny, pista.
- the pitch is under water el camp es troba inundat.
- the supporters poured on to the pitch els seguidors van envair el camp.
- [place in market, etc.] parada.
- figurative afers, terreny.
- this is my usual pitch aquesta és la meva parada habitual.
- keen off our pitch! no us poseu allà on no us demanen!
- to queer someone's pitch aixafar-li a algú la guitarra.
- [slope] pendent, grau d'inclinació.
- [of roof] pendent, aiguavés, vessant.
- [climbing] tram.
- [height, degree] punt extrem.
- Music to.
- [height] elevació.
- [of propeller] pas.
- to such a pitch that... fins a tal punt que...
- excitement its at fever pitch l'emoció està al roig més viu.
- matters reached such a pitch that... les coses van arribar fins a tal (punt \ extrem) que...
- to adjust the pitch of an instrument ajustar el to d'un instrument.
- concert pitch diapasó.
- Nautical capficalls. transitive verb
- [throw] llançar, tirar, gitar.
- [baseball, etc.] llançar.
- to pitch someone off espolsar-se algú.
- he was pitched off his horse va sortir expel·lit del cavall.
- pitch it over here! passa-m'ho!
- to pitch something out (llançar \ rebatre) alguna cosa.
- to pitch someone out fer fora algú.
- they pitched him out into the street el van plantar al mig del carrer.
- Music [note] donar, entonar.
- [play] tocar.
- [singular] cantar.
- [instrument] afinar.
- she can't pitch a note properly és incapaç d'afinar una nota.
- I'll pitch you a note us donaré el to.
- you're pitching it too high for me ho (toques \ agafes) massa alt per a mi.
- to pitch one's aspirations too high picar (per alt \ molt amunt).
- it is pitched in rather high-flown terms és escrit amb termes més aviat retòrics.
- it must be pitched at the right level for the audience el (to \ nivell) ha d'ajustar-se al públic.
- [tent] plantar, parar, muntar.
- to pitch it strong exagerar, inflar, dramatitzar.
- to pitch someone a story explicar a algú un sopar de duro.
- he pitched me this hard-luck story em va (contar \ explicar) aquesta història tan dramàtica. intransitive verb
- [fall] caure.
- to pitch forward va caure de cap.
- he pitched off his horse va caure de dalt del cavall.
- the ball pitched in front of him la pilota va anar a parar just davant seu.
- after pitching it bounced high després de picar a terra va rebotre enlaire.
- the aircraft pitched into the sea l'avió va fer cap al mar.
- to pitch (on \ upon) [choose] elegir tr, escollir tr, triar tr.
- (idem) [find] trobar-se amb, topar amb, ensopegar amb.
- we pitched on it by accident el vam ensopegar per casualitat.
- to pitch in començar a fer alguna cosa, emprendre un afer, posar fil a l'agulla, començar a menjar.
- pitch in! apa!, som-hi!
- so we all pitched in together de manera que ens hi vam posar plegats.
- to pitch into someone [attack] escometre algú.
- (idem) [verbally, etc.] emprendre algú.
- (idem) figurative [scold] estirar les orelles a algú, renyar.
- to pitch into the work posar-se a treballar de valent.
- they pitched into the food van encetar el menjar amb gana.
- Nautical capficar, fer capficalls.
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