Catalan–English dictionary

desembocadura

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

desembossador

A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.

desembre

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.

desembruixar

(transitive) To free from a curse or enchantment.

desembullar

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

desemmascarar-se

(intransitive) To remove one's mask.

desempallegar

(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

desempallegar-se

(transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

desempat

Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.

desempolsar

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

desena

A set or group with ten elements.

desencadenar

to free; to liberate.

desencaminadament

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

desencarir

(transitive) To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.

desencarir-se

(intransitive) To become cheaper.

desencriptació

The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

desendollar

(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.

desendreçat

Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.

desenfrenat

(by extension) Without restraint or limit.

desenganar

(transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

desenganyar

(transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).

desengramponador

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

desentenimentat

Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.

desentranyar

(not comparable) Eviscerated.

desenvolupament

(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

desenvolupar

To cause (something) to come into being or develop.

desenvolupat

(said of a country) wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.

deserció

The act of deserting.

desert

Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.

desertar

To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.

desertor

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

desesper

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

desesperació

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

desesperadament

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

desesperançat

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

desesperat

Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

desestabilitzar

(transitive) To make something unstable.

desfavorable

Of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.

desfer el camí

To retrace one's steps.

desfer-se

(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate.

desfermar

(transitive) To free from a leash, or as from a leash.

desfeta

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

desfibril·lador

(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.

desfigurar

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

desfilada

A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.

desfilar-se

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

desfogar

(transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.

desgast

Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.

desgastar

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

desgavell

A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

desgavellar

(transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

desgelar

(transitive) To thaw something.

desglaçar

(transitive) To thaw something.

desglossament

(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.

desglossar

(transitive) To state in items, or by particulars

desgràcia

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

desgraciadament

Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

desgraciat

Unhappy or unfortunate.

desguàs

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

deshabitat

Not inhabited; having no inhabitants.

deshabituar

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

desharmonia

The absence of harmony or concordance.

deshidratació

The act or process of removing water from something.

deshonest

Not honest; shoddy.

desídia

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

desig

(countable) A desire, wish, longing.

designar

(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

desigual

Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

desil·lusió

(countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.

desinència

(linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

desinfectant

Serving to kill germs or viruses.

desinfectar

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.

desinformació

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

desinhibit

Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

desintegració

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

desintegrar

(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

desintegrar-se

(intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.

desinteressar

(transitive) To render disinterested.

desinteressat

Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

desistir

(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).

desitjable

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

desitjar

To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

desitjós

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

deslleial

Not loyal, without loyalty.

deslleialtat

(uncountable) The quality of being disloyal.

deslletar

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

deslligar

(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.

deslliurar

(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

desllogar

To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.

deslluït

Having no shine or lustre; dull.

deslocalitzar

(transitive) To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, in order to seek lower business costs, such as labor.

desmai

A temporary loss of consciousness.

desmamar

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

desmanegat

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

desmanyotat

Clumsy; lacking grace.

desmentiment

An assertion of untruth.

desmerèixer

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

desmilitaritzar

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

desmobilització

The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

desmoblat

Not furnished; having no furnishings.

desmoralitzar

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

desmoronar-se

(intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

desmuntar

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

desmuntatge

The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.

desnatar

(transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

desnatat

(of milk) Having lowered fat content.

desnerit

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.]

desnivell

A slant or slope.

desnonament

The act of evicting.

desnonar

To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

desobediència

Refusal to obey.

desobedient

Not obedient.

desobeir

(transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).

desocupació

The state of having no job; joblessness.

desocupat

Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.

desodorant

An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

desodorar

To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).

desodoritzar

To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).

desolat

Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

desordenar

(transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

desordenat

Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.

desordre

A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

desorganitzat

lacking order

desori

A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

desorientat

(of a person or animal) disoriented

desossar

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

desossat

(US, humorous) Without pizza crust; without pizza bones

despectiu

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

despedida

The act of parting company.

despedir

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

despenalitzar

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

despert

Not asleep; conscious.

despertador

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

despertar

(transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.

despertar-se

(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

despesa

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

despeses d'enviament

The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

despeses de transport

The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

despietadament

In a merciless manner.

despietat

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

despit

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

desplaçar

(of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

desplantador

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

despoblar

(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

despoblat

A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.

desposseir

(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

dèspota

A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

despotisme

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

despreniment

(uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.

despreocupat

Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.