1. (f.) parada by goalkeeper

2. (n) - he took the catch with one hand: cogió la pelota con una mano they were playing catch: jugaban a tirarse la pelota in baseball, cricket

3. (f.) pesca fish

4. (f.) captura

5. (m.) pestillo on door, window, gate

6. (f.) pega - that sounds too good to be true what's the catch?: suena demasiado bien, ¿no habrá gato encerrado? snag

1. (vt) coger ball

2. (vt) atajar

3. (vt) coger, tomar - I have to catch the bus: tengo que tomar el autobús bus, train, taxi

4. (vt) capturar, coger - the thieves were caught: cogieron a los ladrones to capture

5. (vt) pescar - did you catch anything?: ¿has pescado algo? fish

6. (vt) pillar, sorprender - he caught me in my pyjamas: me pilló en pijama she caught him looking in her handbag: lo pilló fisgando en su bolso he caught us at a very bad moment: nos pilló en muy mal momento unexpectedly

7. (vt) oír - I only caught the end of the conversation: sólo oí el final de la conversación to hear

8. (vt) - did you catch what he said?: ¿entendiste lo que dijo? to understand

9. (vt) - I caught sight of them leaving the cinema: los vi cuando salían del cine to see

10. (vt) coger, pillar - I've caught your cold: me has pegado el resfriado illness

11. (vt) engancharse - she caught her heel in the grating: se le enganchó el tacón en la rejilla to snag

12. (vt) dar - he caught his elbow on the corner of the desk: se dio con el codo en la esquina de la mesa to hit accidentally

13. (vt) reflejar - her earrings caught the light: sus pendientes reflejaban la luz to reflect

1. (vi) incendiarse fire

2. (vi) engancharse - her handbag caught on the door handle: se le enganchó el bolso en la manilla de la puerta to snag

1. (vi) entender - it took her a while to catch on: tardó un rato en entender en darse cuenta to understand

2. (vi) imponerse to become popular

1. (vt) coger en una falta catch out

1. (vt) alcanzar - quick! they're catching us up!: ¡rápido, nos están alcanzando! we were caught up in a demonstration: nos vimos metidos en una manifestación catch up

1. (vi) alcanzar - they'll never catch up: no nos van a alcanzar to reach

2. (vi) ponerse al día - it took him the whole term to catch up with the others: le llevó todo el trimestre ponerse al nivel de los demás with work, etc.

3. (vi) ponerse al día - she wanted to catch up on the gossip: quería ponerse al día de todos los chismes to get up to date

1. (n) frase f de moda catch phrase

1. (n) - it's a catch twenty-two situation: es un círculo vicioso catch twenty-two

1. (f.) muletilla catchword