Catalan–English dictionary

ballar

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

ballarí

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

ballaruga

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

ballesta

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

balma

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

balmat

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

baló

Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.

baló presoner

A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.

bàlsam

(chiefly, UK) A soothing ointment.

Baltasar

A name ascribed to one of the Magi.

baluard

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

baluern

The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

balustrada

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

balustre

(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony; a banister.

bambolina

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

ban

A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

banal

Concerned with or involving trivia.

banalitat

A banality or cliché.

bananer

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

banc

(countable) A branch office of such an institution.

banc de sorra

A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

banca

(countable) A branch office of such an institution.

bancarrota

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

bancarroter

One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.

bancarrotera

One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.

banda

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

banda ampla

(telecommunications) A wideband of electromagnetic frequencies.

banda de rodament

The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction. [from 1900s]

banda sonora

The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.

bandada

A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

bandarra

A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.

bandejament

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

bandejar

(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

bandejat

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

bandera

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

banderola

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

bandit

An outlaw.

bàndol

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.

bandoler

An outlaw.

bandoneó

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

Bangkok

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand.

Bangla Desh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

Bangladesh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

banià

A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.

banjo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

banner

(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.

banquet

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

banshee

(Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

banús

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

bany

A building or area where bathing occurs.

bany de sang

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.

banya

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

banyada

The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting

banyador

A pair of specifically designed shorts worn by men and boys for swimming or bathing.

banyar

(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.

banyegar

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

banyera

A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

banyes

(bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.

banyut

Having horns.

baptisme

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

baptista

Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

bar

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

baralla

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

barallar

(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

barallar-se

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

barana

A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

barat

Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.

barata

An exchange of two comparable things.

barb roig

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

barba

(ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.

barbacoll de carpó blanc

A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Barbados

An island and country in the Caribbean.

barbagrís

(poetic) An old man.

barbamec

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Barbanegra

The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

bàrbar

Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

Bàrbara

A en given name.

barbat

Having a beard; involving a beard.

barber

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

barbeta

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

Barbie

A tall, slender female fashion doll.

barbut

Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.

barca de vela

(watercraft) A boat propelled by a sail.

barcassa

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Barcelona

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

bard

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

bardana

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

bardissa

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

Bari

A metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari.

bàrman

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barnilla

(by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

barnús

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

baró

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

baròmetre

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

baronessa

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

barquer

A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

barquera

A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

barra

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

barra vertical

(computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access. [from 20th c.]

Barrabàs

(Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

barraca

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

barracuda

Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.

barral

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

barranc

A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.

barrar

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

barratgina

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

barreja

The act of mixing.

barrejar

(transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

barrella

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

barrera

A structure that bars passage.

barret

(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

barret de punt

(headwear) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

barri

A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]

barri de barraques

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

barri xinès

A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

barricada

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

barril

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

barrila

An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

barrina

A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

barrinar

(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.

barroc

Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

barroer

One who works in a rough and ready, slipshod manner.

barroera

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

barroerament

In a hasty or careless manner.

barrufet

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

Bartolomeu

A en given name of biblical origin.

Bartomeu

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

basa

(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

basal

Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

basament

(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.

basar

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

basarda

(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

basat

(slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.

basc

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

basca

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

bàscula

A device for measuring weight.

base

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

bàsic

A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.

bàsicament

In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.

Basili

A en given name, in quiet but steady use in the UK.

basílica

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

basquejador

Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

bàsquet

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

basquetbol

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

bassa

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

bassal

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

bassetja

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

bassiot

A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. [from 14th c.]

bast

Of inferior quality.