Examples from texts
It turned out that the grandson of one of them had fallen down a shaft or pit or chasm up the mountain.Resultó que el nieto de uno de ellos se había caído por un pozo o sima o grieta del monte.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
He tried to calm himself, but his anger was a pit bull on a paper chain.Intentó calmarse, pero su cólera era como un pitbull con una cadena de papel.Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante DespiertoAmante DespiertoWard, J.R.Lover AwakenedWard, J.R.© Jessica Bird, 2006
Spellman's day job is at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and the La Brea tar pits where he works as an educator.Spellman trabaja como educador en el Museo de Historia Natural de Los Ángeles y en los pozos de alquitrán de La Brea.http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
“Timmy is missing,” she said calmly, but felt the panic in the pit of her empty stomach.– Timmy ha desaparecido -dijo con calma, pero sintió el pánico en la boca del estómago.Kava, Alex / A Perfect EvilKava, Alex / Bajo SospechaBajo SospechaKava, AlexA Perfect EvilKava, Alex© S.M. Kava 2000
There was little doubt in his mind that the Angel had doused the lights, and was waiting somewhere in the black pit they found themselves trapped inside.Sabía que el ángel había apagado las luces y estaba esperando en algún sitio del cubículo negro en que estaban atrapados.Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del LocoLa Historia del LocoKatzenbach, JohnThe Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John© 2004 by John Katzenbach
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Collocations
pit and fissure cavity
cavidad con depresión y fisura
pit of the stomach
boca del estómago
orchestra pit
foso de la orquesta
orchestra pit
foso de orquesta
Word forms
pit
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | pitted |
Imperative | pit |
Present Participle (Participle I) | pitting |
Past Participle (Participle II) | pitted |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pit | we pit |
you pit | you pit |
he/she/it pits | they pit |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am pitting | we are pitting |
you are pitting | you are pitting |
he/she/it is pitting | they are pitting |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have pitted | we have pitted |
you have pitted | you have pitted |
he/she/it has pitted | they have pitted |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been pitting | we have been pitting |
you have been pitting | you have been pitting |
he/she/it has been pitting | they have been pitting |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I pitted | we pitted |
you pitted | you pitted |
he/she/it pitted | they pitted |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was pitting | we were pitting |
you were pitting | you were pitting |
he/she/it was pitting | they were pitting |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had pitted | we had pitted |
you had pitted | you had pitted |
he/she/it had pitted | they had pitted |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been pitting | we had been pitting |
you had been pitting | you had been pitting |
he/she/it had been pitting | they had been pitting |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will pit | we shall/will pit |
you will pit | you will pit |
he/she/it will pit | they will pit |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be pitting | we shall/will be pitting |
you will be pitting | you will be pitting |
he/she/it will be pitting | they will be pitting |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have pitted | we shall/will have pitted |
you will have pitted | you will have pitted |
he/she/it will have pitted | they will have pitted |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pitting | we shall/will have been pitting |
you will have been pitting | you will have been pitting |
he/she/it will have been pitting | they will have been pitting |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would pit | we should/would pit |
you would pit | you would pit |
he/she/it would pit | they would pit |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be pitting | we should/would be pitting |
you would be pitting | you would be pitting |
he/she/it would be pitting | they would be pitting |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have pitted | we should/would have pitted |
you would have pitted | you would have pitted |
he/she/it would have pitted | they would have pitted |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been pitting | we should/would have been pitting |
you would have been pitting | you would have been pitting |
he/she/it would have been pitting | they would have been pitting |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am pitted | we are pitted |
you are pitted | you are pitted |
he/she/it is pitted | they are pitted |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being pitted | we are being pitted |
you are being pitted | you are being pitted |
he/she/it is being pitted | they are being pitted |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been pitted | we have been pitted |
you have been pitted | you have been pitted |
he/she/it has been pitted | they have been pitted |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was pitted | we were pitted |
you were pitted | you were pitted |
he/she/it was pitted | they were pitted |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being pitted | we were being pitted |
you were being pitted | you were being pitted |
he/she/it was being pitted | they were being pitted |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been pitted | we had been pitted |
you had been pitted | you had been pitted |
he/she/it had been pitted | they had been pitted |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be pitted | we shall/will be pitted |
you will be pitted | you will be pitted |
he/she/it will be pitted | they will be pitted |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been pitted | we shall/will have been pitted |
you will have been pitted | you will have been pitted |
he/she/it will have been pitted | they will have been pitted |