Catalan–English dictionary

boia

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

boiar

(historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.

boicot

The act of boycotting.

boicotejar

(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

boig

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

boina

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

boira

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

boirós

Covered in mist; foggy.

boirum

A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.

boix

(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.

boix comú

(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.

boixa

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

bojament

In a crazy manner.

bol

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

bola

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

bola de neu

A decorative object or toy containing a model of a landscape, fluid and suspended white flakes that emulate snowfall when shaken.

bola de pèl

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

bolcall

(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, out of convenience, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

bolcar

(transitive) To tip or overturn (something).

bolet

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

bolet verinós

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

bòlid

An extremely bright meteor.

bolig

Glebionis segetum (syn. Chrysanthemum segetum), a herbaceous perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.

bolígraf

A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).

bolívar

The currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos.

Bolívia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

boliviana

A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.

bolonyès

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

bolonyesa

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

bolquer

(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, out of convenience, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

bolxevic

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bolxevisme

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.

bomba

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

Bombai

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

bombar

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

bombarda

A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

bombardament

An artillery bombardment.

bombardeig

The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.

bombardejar

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

bombarder

(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

bomber

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

bombera

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

bombó

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

bombollejar

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

bon

Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.

bon dia

(dated, formal) A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.

bon profit

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

bon vent i barca nova

Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.

bon viatge

Used to wish someone a good journey.

bona

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bondat

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.

bonegar

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

bonesa

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.

boneta

(nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

boneter

Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

bongo

Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.

bonic

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

bonica

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

bonítol

Sarda sarda, of the shallower waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.

bonsai

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bony

(informal, countable) A bump on the head.

booleà

(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.

booleana

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

boom

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

bord

(nautical) The side of a ship.

bordar

Of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog's bark.

bordegàs

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

bordegassa

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

bordejar

(transitive) to surround or besiege

bordell

A house of prostitution.

Bordeus

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

bordó

A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.

boreal

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

borgonya

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

borinot

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

borla

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

borm

An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borra

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

borrall

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

borralló

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

borrascós

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.

borratxa

One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

borratxera

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

borratxo

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

borrissol

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

borró

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

borronar

(intransitive) To form buds.

borrós

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

borsista

(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).

bosc

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

boscós

Covered in forest.

bosnià

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bosniana

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bosó

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

bosquerola

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

bossa d'esquena

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

bossa de mà

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]

bossell

(architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.

bot

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

bot conversacional

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

bot pneumàtic

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

bot salvavides

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

bóta

(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.

botabancals

(chiefly, colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.

botànic

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

botànica

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botaxarcos

(chiefly, colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.

botella

The contents of such a container.

boter

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

botí

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

botiga

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

bòtil

The contents of such a container.

botó

(mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

botulisme

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

botxes

(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.

botxí

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

botxina

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

botzina

A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]

botzinaire

One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]

bou

Cancer pagurus; a species of robust crab of a reddish-brown color found in the North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and perhaps in the Mediterranean Sea.

boutique

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

bover

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

boví

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

bòvid

An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

bowling

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling

boxa

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

boxador

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boxar

(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

boxejador

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boxejar

(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

braça

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

braçal

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

braçalet

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

braçalet de capità

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

braçalet flotador

(swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.

bradicàrdia

(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.

braguer

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

bragues

(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

bragueta

(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

braille

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

bram

The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

bramar

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

bramul

The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

branc

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

branca

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

brancal

(architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.

Brandan

A en given name.