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torxa
(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
tos
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
tosc
The variety of Albanian upon which Standard Albanian is based.
toscà
Of, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy.
Toscana
An administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna.
tossal residual
(geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
tossal testimoni
(geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
tossudament
In a stubborn manner.
tossuderia
The state of being stubborn.
tossut
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
tot
(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
tot d'una
(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.
tot de
An indefinite quantity.
tot i
Despite the fact that; although.
tot i així
(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
tot i que
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
tot plegat
As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.
tot recte
Forward, straight ahead.
tot sol
Without outside help.
tota
Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
total
Total, entire.
totalitari
Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.
totalitarisme
A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.
totalitat
The whole; the complete or amount.
totalment
(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
totes
Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
tothom
(collectively) All; everyone.
totpoderós
Having unlimited power; omnipotent.
tots
Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
tots dos
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
totxa
(colloquial) A stupid person.
totxo
(colloquial) A stupid person.
tou
(countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. [from 15th c.]
Tours
A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.
tovalles
A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
tovalló
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
tovallola
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
tòxic
Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
toxicitat
The quality or degree of being toxic.
toxicologia
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.
trabuc
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
trabuquet
A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.
traça
A mark left by something that has passed along.
traçada
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
traçar
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
tracció
The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
Tràcia
A historical region of Southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
tractable
(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
tractament
(broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.
tractar
(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
tractar de
(archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th–19th c.]
tractar de vostè
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).
tractat
A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
tracte
An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
tractor
(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
tradició
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
tradicional
Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
tradicionalista
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
tradicionalment
In a traditional manner.
traduir
(transitive, dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
Trafalgar
A headland in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain.
tràfec
A scam or swindle.
trafeguejar
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
trafica
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
tràgicament
In a tragic manner.
traïció
The crime of betraying one’s own country.
traïdor
Traitorous.
traïdora
(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.
trair
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
trajectòria
(sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
tram
A series of stairs between landings.
trama
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
tramada
(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
tramar
(transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
trametre
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
trampejar
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
trampista
Someone who cheats.
trampolí
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
trampós
Someone who cheats.
tramposa
Someone who cheats.
tramús
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
trance
(uncountable, music genre) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
tranqui
(of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
tranquil
(of a person) Calm, relaxed, casual and informal.
tranquil·lament
In a calm manner; coolly.
tranquil·litat
The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
tranquil·litzar
(transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
trans-
To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.
transatlàntic
(geography) On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
transbordador
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
transceptor
A combined radio transmitter and receiver.
transcriure
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
transexual
(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
transfigurar
(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
transformació
(rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
transformada
(analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
transformar
To blend gradually into something else.
transformatiu
That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
trànsfuga
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
transfusió
(medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
transgènere
(countable, now, often, offensive) A transgender person
transgressió
A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
transgressor
Someone who transgresses.
transgressora
Someone who transgresses.
transició
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
trànsit
Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
transitable
That may be passed or traversed.
transitar
(intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
transitori
Lasting only a short time; temporary.
transliteració
(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
transliterar
(transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.
transmetre
(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
transmissible
Able to be transmitted.
transmutar
(ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
transparent
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
transponedor
A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
transport
The transportation of goods.
transportable
Capable of being transported; easily moved.
transportar
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
transportat per [[l']]aire
In or carried by the air.
transsexual
A transsexual person.
Transsilvània
A historical region in western Romania.
trapa
A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
trapella
(of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.
trapezi
A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.
tràquea
(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
traqueotomia
(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.
trasbals
(uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
trasbalsar
(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
trasbalsat
(of a person, predicative, _, only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
traslladar
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
traspàs
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
traspassar
(archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.
traspuar
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
trastejar
(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
trasto
(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
trastorn
(medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.
trastornar
(transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
traumàtic
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
travar
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
travessar
(football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
travesser
(sports) The top of the goal structure.
traveta
(clothing, sewing) One of the loops of fabric ringing the waist of a pair of pants, used to hold the belt in place.
treball
An economic role for which a person is paid.
treball en equip
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
treballador
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
treballadora
One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
treballar
(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
treballat
Having been worked or prepared somehow.
trellat
Sound practical or moral judgment.

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