Catalan–English dictionary

voler

(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

voler aconseguir

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

voler dir

(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

Volga

A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.

volta

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

voltants

Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

voltar

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

voltatge

(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

voltejar

(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

voluble

(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

volumètric

Pertaining to measurement by volume.

voluminós

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

voluntari

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

voluntàriament

In a voluntary manner.

voluntat

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. [from 9th c.]

voluta

(architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

volva

Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.

vòmit

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

vomitar

(slang) To vomit.

vora

The outer edge of something.

voraç

Very hungry.

vorada

(British spelling) .

voral

The area on either side of a road.

vorera

(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.

vòrtex

A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

vós

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vosaltres

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vostè

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vostès

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vostra

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vostre

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vostro

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vot

(figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

votació

action of the verb to vote

votant

Someone who votes.

votar

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

vou-verivou

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

vudú

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

vuit

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

vuitada

(Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.

vuitanta

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

vuitè

The ordinal form of the number eight.

vuitena

Describing a group or set with eight elements.

Vulcà

(Roman god) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.

vulgar

(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

vulnerabilitat

(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

vulnerable

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

vulneració

The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

vulnerar

(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

wantan

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

wanton

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

wedge

(golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.

whisky

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

wigwam

A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.

wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

witherita

(mineral) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3

wonton

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

Worms

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

xa

A king of Persia or Iran.

xacal

Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.

xafar

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

xafardejar

(ambitransitive) To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.

xafarder

A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

xafardera

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

xafarderia

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

xàfec

A sudden heavy rainstorm.

xàfec de neu

A light, brief snowfall.

xafogós

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

Xahrazad

A en given name.

xai

A young sheep.

xaira

A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.

xala

A pleasure trip or excursion.

xalambrí

A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.

xaloc

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

xaman

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

xamba

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

xamfrà

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

xampany

(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

Xampanya

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xampú

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

xampurrejar

(transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.

xanca

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

xancle

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

xancleta

(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

xandall

(clothing) A garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.

Xangai

A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.

xantatge

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

xantatgista

Someone who blackmails.

xapar

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

xàquima

A kind of bridle with no bit.

xarada

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

xaria

(Islam) A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.

xarlatà

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

xaró

(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

xarop

Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

xaropós

Having the taste or consistency of syrup.

xarpellera

(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

xarranca

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

xarret

(road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

xarrup

A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.

xarrupar

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

xarxa

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

xarxet

Having a bluish-green colour.

xarxet comú

Anas crecca, a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Palearctic and migrates south in winter.

xat

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

xatbot

(internet, AI) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

xato

(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

xatrac

Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

xauarma

A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.

Xaume

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

Xavier

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

xebró

(heraldiccharge) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

xec

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.

xef

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

xeic

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

xeix

The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

xemeneia de fades

(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

xenó

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xenofília

An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture.

xenòfob

One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.

xenòfoba

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

xenofòbia

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xèrif

(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

xerigot

The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

xeringa

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

xerinola

Joyful or riotous merry-making.

xerpa

A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers.

xerrada

A lecture.

xerraire

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

xerrameca

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

xerrar

To be engaged in informal conversation.

xerrotejar

Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

xic

A male child. [from 15th c.]

xicana

(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]

xicoira

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

xicot

A male child. [from 15th c.]

xifó

A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.

xifra

(mathematics) A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.

xifrat

Being in code; having been encrypted.

xiisme

(with article, collective) The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.

Xile

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

xilena

A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

xillar

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

xilòfon

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

ximpanzé

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

ximple

(colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.

ximpleria

(originally, US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s]