la fosa

pit, ditch

ˈf o s a

noun · feminine Rare #42,995

pit, ditch Can also mean a grave or burial pit; figuratively, estar con un pie en la fosa means “to have one foot in the grave.”

SP: Cavaron una fosa para plantar el árbol.

EN: They dug a pit to plant the tree.

He/She will have to jump into the mud pit.

— Ne Zha (2019)

My poor grandmother is very ill now, and I fear she has one foot in the grave.

Daddy dug the grave, and the son keeps digging it!

— Mommy (2014)

And what about my grave?

— Los Visitantes (1993)

It started in the pit.

— El espinazo del diablo (2001)

I'll send you to the pit!

— El Capitán (2018)

I'm nothing more than another prisoner in this pit.

— Ne Zha (2019)

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