Catalan–English dictionary

subjecte

Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

subjectiu

Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

subjectivitat

(singulare tantum) The state of being subjective.

subjugar

To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).

subliminar

(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]

submarí

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

submarina

(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

submergible

Able to be submerged.

submergir

(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

submergir-se

(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

subministrament

(countable) An amount of something supplied.

subministrar

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

submissió

The act of bringing something under the control of something else.

submón

That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.

subordinar

(transitive) To make subservient or secondary.

subordinat

(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

suborn

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

subornar

(legal) The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.

subratllar

(transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

subreptici

Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

subreptíciament

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

subscripció

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

subscriptor

A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

subscriptora

A person who subscribes to a publication or a service.

subscriure's

(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

subseqüentment

Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction), consequently.

subsidi

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

substantiu

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

substitució

The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

substituïble

Capable of being replaced.#: The machine uses a replaceable filter.

substituir

(intransitive) To act as a replacement or substitute.

substitut

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

subsumir

(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

subterrani

Below ground, under the earth, underground.

subtext

(literature) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

subtilesa

The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things)

subtilment

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

subtítol

(authorship) A heading below or after a title.

subtítols

(cinematography, television) Textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

subtitular

To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

subtracció

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

suburbà

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

suburbi

A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

subvenció

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

subvencionar

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

subversiu

Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

subvertir

(transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

suc

A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).

sucar

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

succedani

Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.

succeir

To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.

succés

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

successiò

(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.

successiu

Coming one after the other in a series.

successor

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

successora

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

succint

Brief and to the point.

succintament

In a succinct manner, concisely.

succió

The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.

súcub

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

súcube

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

sucursal

A location of an organization with several locations.

sud-est

The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.

sud-oest

The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.

sud-oriental

Of or pertaining to the southeast.

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sudanès

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

suec

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

sueca

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Suècia

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

suedès

The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

suèter

(chiefly US) A similar garment worn for warmth.

sufí

A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.

suficiència

(uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.

suficient

Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

suficientment

Sufficiently.

sufix

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

sufixar

(transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

sufocar

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.

sufocar-se

(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

sufragi

(US) The right of women to vote.

suggeriment

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

suggerir

(transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

suggestible

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

suggestió

(uncountable) The act of suggesting.

suïcida

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suid

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

suís

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.

suïssa

(countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

sulfat

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

sulfit

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

sulfonamida

(chemistry) Any amide of a sulfonic acid RS(=O)2NR'2

sulfur

(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

sulfuri

(American spelling, chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state

sulfúric

(American spelling, chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state

sultà

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

suma

(uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.

sumar

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

sumàriament

(manner) In a summary manner.

sumatori

(mathematics) summing; summing up; adding (adding up) of a series of items.

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

sumeri

Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.

sumptuós

Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.

sunnita

Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

suor

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

super-

beyond, over, or upon

super-autopista

(US) An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.

superar

To overpower emotionally.

superàvit

Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

superb

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

supèrbia

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

supercomputador

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

superficial

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

superficialment

In a superficial manner; shallowly.

superflu

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

superheroi

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

superhome

(chiefly, philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. [from 1903.]

superior

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

superioritat

The state of being superior.

supermercat

A chain of such stores.

supernova

(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.

superpoblació

(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.

superpoblat

Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.

superposar

To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

supersònic

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).

superstició

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

supersticiós

Susceptible to superstitions.

supervisar

(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.

supervisió

Supervision or management.

supervisor

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

supervivència

The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.

supervivent

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

supí

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

suplantar

To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.

suplementar

To provide or make a supplement to something.

suplementari

Additional; added to supply what is wanted.

suplent

Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

súplica

An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.

suplicar

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

suport

A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.

suportable

Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

suportar

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

suposadament

According to someone's allegation.

suposar

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

suposat

Alleged; assumed.

suposició

An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.

supositori

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

supranacional

Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

suprem

Dominant, having power over all others.

supremacia

The quality of being supreme.