snake pit in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for snake pit in the English»Spanish Dictionary

snake pit N

snake pit

nido m de víboras

Translations for snake pit in the English»Spanish Dictionary

the bear/snake pit

el foso de los osos/las serpientes

Translations for snake pit in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.pit¹ [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] N

1.1. pit (hole):

pit (in ground)

hoyo m

pit (in ground)

pozo m

pit (for burying)

fosa f

pit (as trap)

trampa f

pit (as trap)

fosa f

pit (for jumping)

foso m (de caída)

the bear/snake pit

el foso de los osos/las serpientes

the pit of the stomach

la boca del estómago

a bottomless pit

un pozo sin fondo

eating again? you're a bottomless pit!

¿otra vez comiendo? ¡tú eres un barril sin fondo!

1.2. pit MOTOR:

pit, a. inspection pit

foso m

pit, a. inspection pit

fosa f RioPl

1.3. pit (hell):

the pit

el abismo

the pit

el infierno

2.1. pit (coalmine):

pit

mina f (de carbón)

attr pit worker

minero m

2.2. pit (quarry):

pit

cantera f

3.1. pit THEAT:

pit

foso m orquestal

pit

foso m de la orquesta

3.2. pit (stalls):

pit THEAT, HISTORY

platea f

4. pit (in Stock Exchange):

pit Am

parqué m

5.1. pit <pits, pl > (in motor racing):

the pits

los boxes

the pits

los pits

5.2. pit <pits, pl > (the very worst) sl:

the pits

lo peor que hay inf

the pits

un desastre

6. pit (on face):

pit

marca f

pit

cicatriz f

7. pit (bed) Brit:

pit sl

cama f

II.pit¹ <pres part pitting; pt, pp pitted> [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] VB trans (mark)

pit surface/metal

picar

pit surface/metal

marcar

his face was pitted by smallpox

tenía la cara picada de viruelas

I.snake [Am sneɪk, Brit sneɪk] N

1. snake ZOOL:

snake

culebra f

snake

serpiente f

snake (poisonous)

víbora f

a snake in the grass

un traidor

a snake in the grass

un judas

some snake in the grass told on us

nos delató algún judas

2. snake ECON:

the Snake

la Serpiente (antiguo sistema regulador financiero de la Comunidad Europea)

II.snake [Am sneɪk, Brit sneɪk] VB intr

snake river/road:

serpentear

snake person:

arrastrarse

snake person:

reptar

I.pit² [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] N (in fruit)

pit Am

hueso m

pit Am

cuesco m

pit Am

carozo m CSur

pit Am

pepa f Col

II.pit² [Am pɪt, Brit pɪt] VB trans

pit (remove stone) Am:

pit fruit/olive

quitarle el hueso a

pit fruit/olive

quitarle el cuesco a

pit fruit/olive

quitarle el carozo a CSur

pit fruit/olive

quitarle la pepa a Col

pit fruit/olive

deshuesar

pit fruit/olive

descarozar CSur

pitted cherries

cerezas fpl deshuesadas or sin hueso

pitted cherries

cerezas fpl descarozadas CSur

snake pit in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for snake pit in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.snake [sneɪk] N

snake (small)

culebra f

snake (large)

serpiente f

Phrases:

snake in the grass

traidor(a) m (f)

snakes and ladders

≈ juego m de la oca

II.snake [sneɪk] VB intr

snake

serpentear

snake

viborear Arg, Urug

I.pit¹ [pɪt] -tt- N

1. pit (in ground):

pit

hoyo m

pit on metal

muesca f

pit on face

marca f

in the pit of the stomach

en la boca del estómago

2. pit (mine):

pit

mina f

to go down the pit

bajar a las minas

to work in the pits

trabajar en las minas

3. pit:

the pits pl fig inf

lo peor

4. pit inf (untidy place):

pit

lobera f

5. pit THEAT:

pit (seating area)

patio m de asientos

pit (orchestral area)

platea f

Phrases:

the pits pl SPORTS

los boxes

II.pit¹ [pɪt] -tt- VB trans

to be pitted (with sth)

tener marcas (formadas por algo)

I.pit² [pɪt] Am N (of fruit)

pit

hueso m

II.pit² [pɪt] Am VB trans -tt- FOOD

pit

deshuesar

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The Huns then throw him into a snake pit where he dies playing a harp.

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It's no wonder surfers are standoffish; we're all too conscious of making a kooky error in the snake pit.

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