1 (Mús) (on instrument) pastilla; (f) (on microphone) toma de sonidos; (f) we were using the recording sessions of Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony to experiment with double microphone pick-ups
(also pick-up arm) brazo (del tocadiscos); (m) 2 (also pick-up truck) furgoneta; (f) camioneta; (f) this rule applies to passenger cars, including vans, pick-ups,and panel trucks he drove an old Ford pick-up
3 (collection) to make a pick-up [+truck driver, drug runner] recoger algo; the bus made three pick-ups el autobús hizo tres paradas para recoger a gente
we ordered another print for pick-up on Saturday morning
4 (recovery) (in economy, trade, sales) mejora; (f) (in prices) subida; (f) the economy had ground to a halt with no real pick-up until towards the end of next year industry watchers remain sceptical about the pick-up in some areas there will no pick-up in prices until the middle of the year there has been a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants the predicted pick-up in consumer spending has not materialized
5 (informal) (pick-me-up) estimulante; (m) we've found that such patients perk up considerably when they have a sugar-free gelatin as a quick pick-up
6 (informal) (sexual) to him it was just a pick-up él no quería más que ligar con ella; (informal) a pick-up joint un garito de ligue; (informal)
her smile was relentless —This is a pick-up, — he told himself it was nothing but a pick-up, a clumsy attempted pick-up, something which had happened to her a hundred times they had come to world's most famous pick-up joint
7 (Aut) (acceleration) facilidad de aceleración; (f) Borgward's fuel injection gave very crisp response and pick-up we still have a slight delay in the power pick-up from slow corners
