Catalan–English dictionary

urgència

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

urgent

Requiring immediate attention.

urgentment

With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.

urinari

A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.

urna

A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.

uròleg

(medicine) A doctor of urology.

urpa

A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

Úrsula

A en given name.

Uruguai

A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.

us

(reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).

usable

Capable of being used.

usar

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

usatge

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

usual

Most commonly occurring; typical.

usuari

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

usuària

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

usurpació

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

usurpador

One who usurps.

usurpar

(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.

úter

(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]

útil

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

utilitari

Practical and functional, present for use, not just for show.

utilitària

Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism.

utilitat

The quality or degree of being useful.

utilitzable

Capable of being used.

utilitzar

To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.

utillatge

(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.

útilment

In a useful manner; in a way that achieves something

utopia

A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.

utòpic

Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

Uzbekistan

A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

va

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

vaca

(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

vacança

A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]

vacant

Not occupied; empty.

vaccí

A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

vaccinar

(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

vacil·lació

An act of hesitating

vacil·lar

(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

vacu

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

vacuïtat

(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.

vacuna

A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

vacunació

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

vacunar

(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

vaga

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

vagabund

A vagrant.

vagament

In a vague manner.

vagar

Anything driven at random.

vagarejar

Anything driven at random.

vaginal

(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

vagó-restaurant

(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

vague

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

vaguista

A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

vaixell de guerra

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

vaixella

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

vaja

(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

val

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

valdre

(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.

Valença

A city and commune, the capital of the department of Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France.

València

The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.

valent

Of an action, that requires courage.

valentament

In a brave manner.

Valentí

An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.

valentia

The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.

valeriana

More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.

valeriana vera

(uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.

validació

The act of validating something.

vall

An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

valla

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

való

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

valor

(usually, uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.

valor per defecte

(often, attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.

valquíria

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

valuós

Having a great value.

vamba

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

vanagloriós

Tending to boast or brag.

vanar-se

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

vàndal

Of or pertaining to the Vandals (the Germanic tribe).

vàndala

A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.

vandalisme

Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.

Vanessa

A en given name.

vanitat

Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.

vanitós

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

vano

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

vànova

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

VANT

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

vantar

(transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

vantar-se

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

vapor

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

vaporadora

(cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.

vaporització

A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.

vaporitzar

(ambitransitive) To turn into vapor.

vaquer

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

vaqueria

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

vara

A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.

varec

Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).

variabilitat

The state or characteristic of being variable.

variant

A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).

variar

(intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.

varicós

(usually of a vein or set of veins) Abnormally swollen, dilated or knotty.

varietat

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

varis

Having a broad range (of different elements).

Varsòvia

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

vas

(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

vas de precipitats

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

vascular

(anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids

vasculitis

A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.

vasectomia

(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.

vasodilatació

Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.

vassall

The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

vast

Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

vàter

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

Vaths

A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

vaticà

Relating to the Vatican City state.

ve

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.

ve baixa

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.

vector

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

vedat

An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

vedell

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

vedella

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

vegà

Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]

vegada

(countable) An instance or occurrence.

vegana

A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

vegetació

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.

vegetal

Of or relating to plants.

vegetarià

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

vegetariana

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

vehement

Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

vehementment

In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude.

vehicle

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

vehicular

Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.

veí

(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

veïna

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

veïnat

The inhabitants of a residential area.

veïnatge

The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.

veixiga

(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

vel·leïtós

(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

vela

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

vela cangrea

(nautical) A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail supported from a spar rising aft from a mast.

vela major

(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

vela mestra

(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

veler

(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

vell

(idiomatic) Old; aged.

vella

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

vellut

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

vellutat

(also, figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

veloç

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

velocímetre

An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.

velocípede

(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.

velocitat

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.