Catalan–English dictionary

additiu

A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

adductor

(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.

adduir

(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

adequadament

In a suitable manner; with propriety.

adequat

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

adeu

(colloquial) Goodbye.

adeu-siau

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

adherent

Adhesive, sticking to something.

adherir

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

adhesió

The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.

adhesiu

Adhesive, sticking to something.

àdhuc

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

adínaton

(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.

adinerat

Possessing financial wealth; rich.

adjacència

The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

adjacent

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

adjar

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adjectiu

(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

admetre

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

administració

(uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

administrador

(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

administratiu

Of or relating to administering or administration.

admirable

Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

admirablement

To an admirable degree.

admiració

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

admirador

One who admires.

admiradora

One who admires.

admirar

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

admissible

Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.

ADN

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”).

adob

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

adobament

The act of applying fertilizer to soil.

adobar

(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).

adober

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

adobera

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

adoctrinament

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

adoctrinar

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

adolescència

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

adolescent

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

Adolf

A en given name.

adollar

(transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

adolorit

Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

adonar-se

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

adonis

A beautiful man.

adoptar

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adoptiu

Related through adoption.

adorable

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

adoració

The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

adorador

Someone who adores.

adorar

To worship.

adormissar-se

(intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

adornar

(transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.

adquirir

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

adquisitiu

Of or relating to acquisition.

adreça d'interès

(computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.

adreça IP

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

adreçar

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

adreçar-se

(transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.

adrenalina

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Adrià

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

adriàtic

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

adroguer

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

adroguera

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

adrogueria

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

adulació

Flattery; fulsome praise.

adulador

One who flatters.

aduladora

One who flatters.

adular

To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

adult

Fully grown.

adulta

An animal that is full-grown.

adúlter

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adúltera

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adulteri

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

Advent

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

adversari

An opponent or rival.

adversària

An opponent or rival.

advertència

Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

advertiment

A warning.

advertir

(of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).

advocada

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

advocar

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

advocat

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

aero-

air or aircraft

aerodinàmic

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aerodinàmica

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aeròdrom

An airfield:

aeroespacial

Of or pertaining to aerospace.

aerògraf

A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

aerolínia

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

aerolliscador

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

aeronau

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

aeronau d'ala giratòria

Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.

aeronauta

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronàutic

Having to do with aerial navigation

aeronàutica

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects

aeroport

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aerosfera

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

aerostàtica

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

afaiçonar

To shape, form, or improve a material.

afaitar

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

afaitar-se

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

afalagador

Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

afalagar

To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

afamat

(colloquial, British) mildly hungry

afany

The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

afanyar-se

To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

àfar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afartament

A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.

afàsia

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

afavorir

To foster, give help or patronage.

afavorit

Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.

afeblir

(transitive) To make weaker or less strong.

afeblir-se

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

afecció

(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

afecte

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

afectuosament

In an affectionate manner.

afegir-se

(transitive) To come into the company of.

afeli

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.

afemellat

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

aferrar

To grip or grasp tightly. [from 17th c.]

aferrat

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

afganès

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afganesa

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

Afganistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

aficionat

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

afidàvit

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

afídid

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

afillar

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

afinar

To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

afirmació

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

afirmar

(obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.

afirmatiu

pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming

aflicció

A cause of such discomfort.

aflorament

The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

afluent

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

afluixar

(transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.

afònic

Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.

afores

A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

afortunadament

(sometimes, proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.

afortunat

Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

Àfrica

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

africada

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

africana

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

afro-

African

afrodisíac

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

Afrodita

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.

afront

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

afrontament

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

afruitat

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

afusellament

(countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon