Catalan–English dictionary

soldar

to join items together, or to coat them with solder

soldat

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

soldat ras

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

soldats

(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

solecisme

(grammar) An error in the use of language.

solell

(geography) The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, especially south-facing slope.

solemne

Ceremonial or traditional.

solemnement

In a solemn manner.

solfatara

An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. [from 18th c.]

sòlid

(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

sòlidament

In a solid or firm manner.

solidesa

The state or quality of being solid.

solidificar

(transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.

soliditat

The state or quality of being solid.

solipsisme

Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.

solitari

Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.

solitud

Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

soll

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

sollar

(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.

Soló

An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).

sols

Only, simply, merely.

solstici

One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

solter

(obsolete) An unmarried woman.

soltera

Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.

solucionar

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

solvent

A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

somali

Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.

Somàlia

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

somera

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

somiador

One who daydreams.

somiar despert

(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

somiatruites

One who daydreams.

sommelier

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

somnàmbul

A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker.

somnambulisme

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.

somni

(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

somnífer

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

somnolent

Drowsy or sleepy.

somrient

That smiles or has a smile.

somrís

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

somriure

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

somriure d'escarni

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

somriure de menyspreu

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

son

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

sonall

(music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.

sonar

To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.

sonat

(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

sonda

(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

sondar

(transitive) To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.

sondatge

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

sondeig

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

sondejar

(also, figurative) To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.

sonet

A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

sonor

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

sonso

(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.

sopar

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

sopesar

(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

soporífer

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

soporífic

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

sorbet

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

Sorbona

A building in Paris that houses several universities and schools.

sord

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

sordesa

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

sòrdid

Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.

sorgir

(intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.

sorgo

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

soroll

A loud sound.

sorollós

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

sorollosament

In a loud manner; at a high volume.

sororitat

(US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

sorprendre

(transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

sorprendre's

(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.

sorprenent

Causing surprise.

sorprenentment

In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.

sorpresa

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

sorra

Small, hard, inedible particles in food.

sorra assecant

(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.

sorra movedissa

Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.

sorramoll

Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.

sorrera

A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.

sorrut

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

sort

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

sortida

(gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

sortida de sol

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

sortint

(not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).

sortir

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

sortir amb

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

sortir arrugues

(intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

sortir-hi

(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.

sortir-se'n

(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

sortosament

(sometimes, proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.

soscavar

To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]

sòsia

A remarkably similar double.

sospir

A short, sudden intake of breath.

sospirar

(intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

sospita

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

sospitós

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

sospitosament

(manner) In a way suggesting suspicion.

sostenidor

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

sostenidors

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

sostenir

(obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.

sostingut

(music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

sostracció

(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.

sostre

(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.

sostre de palla

Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

sostre solar

(automotive) A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven.

sostreure

(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

sot

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

sota

In or to a lower place.

sotabosc

The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest.

sotacopa

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

sotagot

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

sotana

An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]

sotavent

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

soterrani

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

sotmetiment

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

sotmetre

(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

sotmetre's

(figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow.

sotrac

A light blow or jolting collision.

sotraguejar

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

sotsarrendar

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

sotsobrar

(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.

sou

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

soviet

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

sovint

(informal) Often; frequently.

Sra.

Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

sss

(onomatopoeia) The hiss of a snake or other reptile.

staff

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

Stalin

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

Staré

A village and municipality in okres Michalovce, Košice kraj, eastern Slovakia, first mentioned in 1273.

suahili

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

suau

Covered with fluff.

suaument

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

suavitat

The quality of being soft.

sub-

Under, beneath.

subatòmic

(physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

subconjunt

(set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

subconsciència

(psychology) That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.

subconscient

Partially conscious.

subcutani

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

subdividir

(ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.

subducció

(geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

subdural

(anatomy) Located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater.

subespai

(countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.

subestimar

(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.

subglacial

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

subhasta

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

subhastador

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

subhastar

To sell at an auction.

subjectar

(transitive) To fasten using a peg.