Catalan–English dictionary

dissertació

A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.

disset

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

dissetè

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

dissimular

To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]

dissipar

(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

dissoldre's

(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.

dissolvent

A solvent used to remove nail polish, usually mostly acetone.

dissonància

(music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

dissonància cognitiva

(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.

dissortadament

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

dissuadir

(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).

distal

(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

distància

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

distanciar-se

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.

distant

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

distendre

(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

distès

Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely. [from 18th c.]

distingible

Able, or easily able to be distinguished.

distintament

In a distinct manner.

distintiu

Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

distorsió

A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

distorsionar

(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.

distret

Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

distreure

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

districte

An administrative division of an area.

disturbar

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

dit

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

dit del cor

The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.

dit del mig

The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.

dit del peu

(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.

dit mitger

The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.

dita

A proverb or maxim.

Ditona

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.

diumenge

The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

diure

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

diürètic

(medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

diürnal

(Catholicism) A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.

diva

Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]

divendres

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

divergent

(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.

diversificació

The act, or the result, of diversifying.

diversificar

(transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.

diversió

Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

diversitat

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

divertir

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

divertit

Entertaining.

divinitat

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]

divisa

(banking, finance) Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.

divisar

(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

divisió

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

divuit

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

divuitè

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

divulgar

(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.

dl.

Abbreviation of Monday.

do

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

Dobla

A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141).

doblar

(transitive) To multiply by two.

doblatge

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

doble

Of twice the quantity.

doblec

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

dobleg

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.

doblegar

(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

doblement

(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

dobles

(basketball) A violation committed by dribbling for a second time without giving up possession of the ball.

doblet

(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.

docent

A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)

doctoral

Relating to a doctorate.

doctorat

The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

doctrinal

Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.

document

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

documentació

(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

documental

Of, related to, or based on documents.

documentar

To record in documents.

dofí

A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

dofí tacat tropical

Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).

doga

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

dogma

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

dogmàtic

Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

dogmatisme

The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

dol

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

dòlar

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

dolç

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

dolçamara

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

dolçament

In a pleasant manner.

dolçor

(figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.

doldre

(intransitive, stative) To be painful.

dolent

(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.

dolenteria

The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.

dolentíssim

Outrageously bad; shocking.

doler

(intransitive, stative) To be painful.

dolina

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

dollejar

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

dolor

(chiefly, uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.

dolor lumbar

(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

dolorós

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]

dolorosament

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

domador

One who tames or subdues.

domar

(transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

Domènec

A en given name, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.

domèstic

(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

domesticació

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

domesticat

Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)

domesticitat

Affection for the home and its material comforts.

domicili

(formal) A home or residence.

dominar

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

domini

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

dominic

Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.

dominicà

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominiquès

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominó

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

dona

A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

donació

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

donador

One who makes a donation.

donadora

One who makes a donation.

donant

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

donar

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

donar carena

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

donar d'alta

(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.

donar el dret

To give power or authority (to do something).

donar forma

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

donar la benvinguda

To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

donar la volta

(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

donar per descomptat

(transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.

donar suport

(transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

donar un [[cop d'ull]]

To look briefly at (something).

donar un cop de peu

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

donar un cop de puny

(transitive) To strike with one's fist.

donar un curs

(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

donar una mirada

(transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

donar una puntada (de peu)

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

donatiu

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

doncs

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

dònut

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

donzell

The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]

donzella

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

dopamina

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

dor

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

dora

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

dormilega

Someone who sleeps.

dormitori

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

Dorotea

A en given name.

Dorques

A woman who is said, in the Bible, to have been restored to life by Peter.

dorsal

(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

dos

The digit/figure 2.

dos cops

Two times.

dos punts

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dosar

To prescribe a dose.

dosatge

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

dosificar

To prescribe a dose.

dospeus

A two-legged stand.