1 (hole in ground) hoyo; (m) foso; (m) (as grave) fosa; (f) (as trap) trampa; (f) abismo; (m) the bodies were thrown into a pit Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit the meat is cooked in a shallow pit the pots are fired in an open pit they were instructed to dig a large pit
he felt himself in a pit of despair se hallaba sumido en un abismo de desesperación
you feel like you're in a pit, you're kind of in a rut if you want to get out of that pit, if you want to end the sadness, make the effort
the pit (hell) el infierno; the pit of hell lo más profundo del infierno; the pit of one's stomach la boca del estómago
he felt sick in the pit of his stomach she felt a knot of anxiety in the pit of her stomach
2 (Min) mina (de carbón); (f) (quarry) cantera; (f) eight more pits are now threatened with closure it was a better community then when all the pits were working a 400-foot deep open pit gold mine a bare plateau of heather, riddled with the pits of old tin workings the children would often take their bikes to a disused clay pit nearby
to go down the pit(s) bajar a la mina; (start work there) ir a trabajar a la mina
he hadn't slept at all, even though he had to go down the pit just as usual at seven in the morning
his mother had been determined that Tom, who had promised to be a clever boy, should not go down the pit Roland first went down the pits in 1948 many miners admit they would be a lot happier if their sons didn't follow them down the pits
3 (Aut) (also inspection pit) foso de reparación; (m) I drove the car over the pit so they could look at the underside
4 the pits
(Motor Racing) los boxes he moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car the cars left the pits and crawled to the grid then a tyre blew which lost us three minutes in the pits
(US) (informal) to be in the pits [+person, economy] estar por los suelos; (informal)
the economy was in the pits I was in the pits and my marriage was falling apart
(Britain) (awful) this town really is the pits este pueblo es para echarse a llorar; he's the pits es insoportable
this game is the pits Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been - "the pits," he replied getting laughs at the expense of people with disabilities is the pits
5 (Britain) (Teat) the pit el patio de butacas; la platea
we had seats in the pit from the floor of the pit a tall pillar rises to half the height of the hall
7 (US) (St Ex) parquet de la Bolsa; (m) index-based options would still be traded in the pit in London pit trading of equity options is to move to the small screen
the cotton pit la bolsa del algodón
9 (Britain) (informal) (bed) catre; (informal) (m) piltra; (f) (Esp) (informal) he was still lying in his pit at 11 o'clock when are you going to get out of your pit?
