Catalan–English dictionary

curs

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

cursa

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

cursar

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

cursi

(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

cursiu

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

cursiva

(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.

cursor

A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.

curt

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

curt de mires

(figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.

curull

Containing a heap.

curvatura

The shape of something curved.

cuscús

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

cúscuta

Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

cúspide

(geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.

cúter

(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.

cutxu

A mammal of the family Canidae:

d'acord

All right, acceptable, permitted.

d'aleshores (ençà)

From a specified time in the past.

d'altra banda

Otherwise; else.

d'amagat

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

d'amagatotis

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

d'aquí a

Before the specified duration ends.

d'ara endavant

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

d'avantguerra

Of the time period prior to a war.

d'ençà que

From the time that.

d'hora

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

d'incògnit

Without revealing one's identity.

d'on

(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.

d'or

Made of, or relating to, gold.

d'una altra manera

(manner) Differently, in another way.

d’arròs

Without paying; free.

dachshund

A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.

dackel

A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.

dacsa

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

dàctil

Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.

dactilologia

The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf.

dadà

A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.

dadaisme

A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.

Dafne

(Greek god) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.

daga

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

daguer

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

daguera

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

daikon

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

daixò

(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

daixonses

(informal) Something that one does not know the name of.

dàlia

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Dalila

The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.

dallar

(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [from 1590s]

dallò

(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.

dàlmata

Relating to Dalmatia or its people.

dalt

In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream. [first attested around 1150–1350]

daltabaix

A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.

dama

(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.

Damasc

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

dames

(board games, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

damnar

(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

damnatge

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

damunt

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. [first attested before 1150]

dandi

A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

danès

A person of Danish descent.

danesa

A person of Danish descent.

Danimarca

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

dansa

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

dansador

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

dansaire

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

dansar

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

Danubi

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

dany

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

danyar

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

Danzig

Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany).

dard

Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

dardar

To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

dardell

Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

Dària

A en given name.

Darios

Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.

darrerament

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

darrere

A room near the rear of a premises.

darreries

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

dàrsena

(US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.

darwinià

Of or pertaining to the scientific views advanced by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist Charles Darwin, especially his theory that living organisms evolve through the natural selection of inherited variations that increase organisms' ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.

darwinisme

The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

darwinista

An adherent of Charles Darwin's theory of the origin of species, or of Darwinism.

dasyatis

Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.

data de naixement

The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.

dàtil

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]

datxa

A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

dau

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.

daurada

A fish found in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coasts of Europe (Sparus aurata).

daurado

Golden coloured.

daurador

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

daurar

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

daurar-se

(intransitive) To become gold or golden (in color).

daurat

☉ (alchemy)

davall

Less than.

davant

At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.

davant de

Facing, or across from.

davantal

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

davanter

(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

David

(rare) A en given name, often combined with a feminine middle name (e.g. David Ann).

dC

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

dc.

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de

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of. [from ca. 1150–1350]

de ... ençà

From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.

de bestreta

At an earlier or preceding time.

de bon gust

Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.

de camí

Along the way.

de cap

With the head first or down.

de coll blanc

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.

de cop i volta

(idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.

de cua d'ull

(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.

de debò

(informal) Genuine, true; serious, earnest.

de fet

(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

de franc

Without paying; free.

de fresc

Recently, newly.

de guant blanc

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.

de iure

Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only.

de llarga durada

Persisting or enduring for a long time.

de llavors (ençà)

From a specified time in the past.

de moda

In fashion; popular.

de nou

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

de pressa

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

de primera mà

Direct, without intermediate stages.

de qualitat

(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

de qualsevol manera

(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.

de qui

(interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

de revés

(ice hockey, of a play) Using the back side of the hockey stick.

de sobte

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.

de sotamà

In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.

de valent

In a strong or powerful manner.

de vegades

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

de venda lliure

(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

de vianants

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

de viva veu

In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking.

de-

reversal, undoing

deambulatori

The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

debat

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

debatre

(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]

dèbil

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

debilitar

(transitive) To make weaker or less strong.

debilitar-se

(intransitive) To become weaker or worse.

debilitat

(countable) A special fondness or obsessing desire.

dèbilment

With little strength or force.

debut

A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

debutar

(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance

dècada

(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.

dècada de 1980

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

dècada del 1980

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

decadència

A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay

decadent

Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

decaedre

A polyhedron with ten faces.