PITCH (FIELD) vs. COURT

Good morning / afternoon / evening everyone, depending on when you are reading this. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.  

Today I've decided to go over another pair of words from the world of sports that can sometimes cause confusion: pitch and court. Both of these nouns are used to refer to the place where competitive sports are played.

PITCH means: a field where outdoor competitive sports are played that use a ball, for example football, baseball, cricket, rugby, etc.

Example 1
The football match of my son's team was cancelled because the pitch was flooded with water.

COURT means: an area marked with lines where sports are played (often indoors), such as basketball, squash, tennis, volleyball, etc.

Example 2
Some tennis players prefer to play on grass courts and others prefer to play on clay courts.

What would be the most logical Spanish translation for these two nouns?

Pitch (or field in US English) means "campo" and court means "pista". However, there are some exceptions. "Campo de golf" is a golf course NOT a golf pitch or golf field.

For more practice, I challenge you to come up with your own original sentences for each of these sport nouns? You can post your sentences on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Twitter) and we will give you feedback about your sentences as soon as possible.

Best wishes,