Catalan–English dictionary

confrontació

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

confrontament

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

confrontar

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

Confuci

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

confús

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

confusió

The state of being bewildered.

congelar

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

congènit

(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.

conglomerat

A cluster of heterogeneous things.

congost

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

congregar

(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.

congressista

A male member of congress.

conífera

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

conill

A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).

conill de Florida

A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.

conill!

(chiefly, UK) An expression of puzzlement or discovery.

conillera

A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).

conillet

(chiefly, North American, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

conilleta

A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.

conjectures

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

conjugal

Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.

conjugar

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.

cònjuge

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

conjunt

Done by two or more people or organisations working together.

conjuntament

Together, acting as one; collectively.

conjur

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

connector

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

connexió

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

connotació

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

connotar

(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

connotatiu

that implies or suggests something else

conqueridor

Someone who conquers.

conquerir

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

conquesta

An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

conquilla

The shell of this sea animal.

conquista

An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

conquistar

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

conrear

To grow plants, notably crops.

conreu

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

consagració

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

consciència

(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

conscient

Sapient; self-aware.

conscientment

In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.

conscripció

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

consecució

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

consell

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

consensuar

(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.

consentiment

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

consentir

(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.

conseqüència

A consequence or ensuing result of some action.

conseqüent

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

conseqüentment

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.

conserge

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

conserva

(often, in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

conservació

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

conservador

(British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.

conservadorisme

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

conservar

To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

conservatori

A music school or a drama school

considerable

Significant; worth considering.

considerablement

Significantly; to a degree worth considering.

considerar

(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause

considerat

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

consignar

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

consistentment

(manner) In a consistent manner.

consistir

(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.

consol

A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

consola

(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.

consolar

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

consonant

Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

consonant vibrant

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

consorci

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

conspicu

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

conspícuament

In a conspicuous manner; noticeably.

conspiració

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

conspirador

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

conspirar

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

constància

(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

constant

Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.

Constantí

A en given name.

Constantinoble

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

consternació

That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

constipat

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

constitució

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

constitutiu

that forms a constituent part of something else

constrènyer

(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.

constricció

The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.

construcció

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

constructe

A concept or model.

constructivament

In a constructive manner.

constructor

One who builds or constructs things.

construir

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

consuetud

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

consuetudinàriament

(manner) In the customary manner; as is custom

consulta

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

consultori

A room or department where surgery is performed.

consumidor

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

consumir

(law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

consumisme

An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

consumista

Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.

contactar

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

contagiar

(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

contaminació

The act or process of contaminating.

contaminant

That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

contaminar

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

conte

(literature) A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.

contemplació

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

contemplar

(transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.

contemplatiu

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

contemporani

Existing or created in the same period of time.

contenciós

Marked by heated arguments or controversy.

contenidor

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

content

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

contesta

(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

contextualitzar

To place something or someone in a particular context.

contigüitat

A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

continent

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

contingut

(obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained.

contingut brossa

(uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.

continu

Uninterrupted.

continuació

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

continuadament

(sometimes, proscribed) In a continuous manner; non-stop.

contínuament

Without pause.

continuar

(intransitive) To continue an action.

continuat

Uninterrupted.

contista

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

contorn

A line marking the boundary of an object figure.

contorsionar-se

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.

contorsionista

An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.

contra

In a contrary direction to.

contra corrent

In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.

contra-

In opposition to.

contraban

An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.

contrabandista

One who smuggles things.

contracepció

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

contracorrent

A current that flows against the prevailing one.

contractar

(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

contracte

(uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

contracte d'arrendament

(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

contractual

Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.

contradir

(transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.

contrafaedor

A person who counterfeits.

contrafer

(transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

contrafort

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

contralt

(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.

contramestre

(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

contramesura

A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.

contrapès

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).

contraplacat

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

contraproduent

More of a hindrance than a help.