Catalan–English dictionary

complaure

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

complementar

To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.

complementari

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

complet

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

completa

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

completament

Completely, wholly, or without exception.

completar

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

completesa

The state or condition of being complete.

completitud

The state or condition of being complete.

completud

The state or condition of being complete.

complex turístic

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

complicar

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

complicat

Difficult or convoluted.

complicitat

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

complimentar

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

complir

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

complot

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]

comportament

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

comportar

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

comportar-se

(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

composició

(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.

compositor

Especially, one who composes music.

compositor de cançons

(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

compositora

Especially, one who composes music.

compositora de cançons

(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

compost

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

compostar

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

compra

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

comprador

A person who makes one or more purchases.

comprar

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

comprendre

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]

comprensió

A thorough understanding.

comprensiu

Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance; sympathetically aware.

comprensivament

In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.

compresa

(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

compressor

A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.

comprimir

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

comprometedor

That compromises somebody or something; incriminating.

comprometre

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

compromís

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

comprovar

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

comptabilitat

(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

comptable

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

comptador

One who counts.

comptaquilòmetres

(British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.

comptar

(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.

comptat i debatut

Eventually, finally.

comptatge

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

comptavoltes

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

compte

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

compte enrere

(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.

compulsió

An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.

compulsiu

Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.

compunció

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

computació

The study of computers and computer programming.

computacional

Of or relating to computation.

computador

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

computar

(transitive) To reckon, calculate.

comtat

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

comte

The male ruler of a county.

comtessa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

comuna

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.

comunament

As a rule; frequently; usually.

comunicar

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

comunicatiu

Eager to communicate; talkative.

comunista

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

conca

(hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet; a watershed.

conca del Mediterrani

A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

còncau

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

concebre

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

concedir

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.

concensual

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

concentrador

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

concepció

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

concepte

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

conceptual

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

concernir

(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

concert

(countable) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.

concertina

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

concessionari

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

conciliació

(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

concís

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

concisament

In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive length.

concisió

The property of being concise; succinctness.

conclave

The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.

conclavista

The personal aide of a cardinal at a papal conclave.

conclusivament

In a conclusive manner; with finality.

concocció

A mixture prepared in such a way.

concomitant

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

concordança

(linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

concordar

(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.

concòrdia

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

concretament

In a concrete manner, physically, definitely

concubina

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

concubinat

The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.

concurrentment

In a concurrent manner; at the same time.

concurs

(countable) A competition.

concursant

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

concussió

Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.

condemna

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

condemnar

(transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

condensador

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

condensar

(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

condensar-se

(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

condicional

(grammar) The conditional mood.

condicionalment

under specified conditions

condicionament

(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

condiment

Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.

condimentar

(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

condó

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.

condret

Free from error; true; accurate.

conducció

(countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.

conducta

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

conducte

A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

conductor

A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

conduir

(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

conduir-se

(reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]

coneguda

A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.

conegut

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. [from 14th c.]

coneixedor

(archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.

coneixement

(shipping) A document issued by a carrier (e.g. master of a ship or the ship owner's agent) to a shipper listing a ship's cargo, acknowledging receipt of said cargo, and specifying terms for its delivery.

coneixements

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]

conèixer

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

confederació

An alliance.

conferència

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

conferir

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.

confessar

(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

confessionari

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

confiança

A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

confiar

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

confiat

Very sure of something; positive.

confidència

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

confidencial

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

confidencialitat

(uncountable) The property of being confidential.

confidencialment

In a confidential manner.

confidentment

In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

confinament

The act of confining or the state of being confined.

confinar

(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]

confiscació

The act or process of confiscating.

confiscar

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

conflagració

A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

conflicte

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

confluència

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

confondre

(transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.

confondre's

(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

conformitat

The state of things being similar or identical.

confort

Contentment, ease.

confortar

(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

confòs

(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand

confraria

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.