1 especially (Britain) (Ftbl) (Cricket) (Hockey) (area of play) campo; (m) cancha; (f) (LAm) on bad pitches we need very good batsmen their conduct, both on and off the pitch, was a credit to the game the school had a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields they have a garden the size of a football pitch synthetic turf is used on some professional football pitches on the hockey pitch Miss Cadogan was umpiring a game
2 (Baseball) (throw) lanzamiento; (m) tiro; (m) the President was supposed to throw the first pitch in game two of the 1990 World Series he stood there, legs bent, waiting for the pitch the pitch was aimed right at his head
3 [of note, voice, instrument] tono; (m) his voice changed pitch she raised her voice to an even higher pitch to adjust the pitch of an instrument her voice dropped to a lower, more confidential pitch at [full] pitch at full volume the voices were screaming at full pitch the radio was tuned full pitch to country western a chain saw working at full pitch ten feet away
4 especially (Britain) [of market trader] puesto; (m) [of homeless person] sitio; (m) a pitch and rental of a trestle-table stall will cost 15-20 pounds a day each person's pitch was jealously guarded marks on the concrete stake out territory and ensure a pitch is saved for the night the first time I slept rough I was wary - my pitch was St Martin-In-The-Fields, round the back of the market
5 (height, degree) extremo; (m) punto; (m) matters reached such a pitch that ... las cosas llegaron a tal extremo a tal punto que ...;or excitement is at a high pitch la emoción está al rojo vivo
his anger reached such a pitch that ... tension has reached such a pitch that the armed forces may have to intervene I feel very sorry for the competitors who have all worked themselves up to a very high pitch for this first day
6 (informal) (sales talk) rollo; (informal) (m) he practised his pitch in a mirror first we invite the customers in and give them the pitch at the end of his pitch, I said, "you've made an impressive case" his pitch was simple: reputation, reputation, reputation President Chamorro's speech was essentially a pitch for more economic aid from the US
she stood up and made her pitchmade se levantó y soltó su rollo to [make] one's pitch
he made a pitch for the women's vote procuró hacerse con acaparar los votos de las mujeres;or
Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch to make a pitch [for] sth he made a strong pitch for sanctions to be lifted Mr. Bush used his remarks to make a pitch for further space exploration laws prohibiting the state's accountants from pitching for business it was middle-class votes they were pitching for to make a pitch [for] sb
7 (slope) (gen) grado de inclinación; (m) [of roof] pendiente; (f) air pressure and the nose-down pitch of the aircraft caused all the debris to hurtle forward ideally, the roof should have a pitch of at least 50 degrees it was not a small room but it was rendered poky by the steep pitch of the roof
8 (Náut) cabezada; (f) she clutched the side of her bunk, thinking that with every pitch of the vessel it would surely capsize [variable] pitch propeller a standard, three-blade variable pitch propeller electrically operated variable pitch propellers
