Catalan–English dictionary

encallar-se

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

encallat

(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.

encant

(particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

encantador

Pleasant, charismatic.

encantadorament

In a charming manner.

encantament

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

encantar

(transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.

encantat

Greatly pleased.

encanteri

Something that enchants; a magical spell.

encaparrar-se

(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

encapçalar

(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)

encapotar

(transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.

encapsar

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

encaputxar

(transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.

encara

Emphasizing a comparative.

encara que

Although, despite (it) being.

encarar

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

encarcarat

(of a, person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

encarcerament

(chiefly, US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

encarcerar

(chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

encarnar

(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

encàrrec

An instruction.

encarregar

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

encasellar

To place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive; to categorize, to classify, to label.

encastar

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

encavalcar

To extend over and partly cover something.

encavallar

To extend over and partly cover something.

encèfal

(neuroanatomy, especially, embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.

encefalitis

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

encegador

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

encenall

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

encendrar

(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

encendre

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

encenedor

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

encens

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

encerar

(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

encerclar

(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.

encertadament

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

encertar

(transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.

enciclopèdia

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

encinta

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

encís

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

encisador

Pleasant, charismatic.

encisar

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

encistellada

(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.

enclavament

A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

encobrir

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

encoixinada

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

encoixinat

(architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.

encolar

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

encomanar

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

encomiable

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

encongir

(transitive) To cause to become smaller.

encongir-se

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

encontorns

Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

encontre

A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.

encoratjar

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

encorbar

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

encorralar

To place inside of a corral.

encreuament

(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

encriptació

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

encriptar

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

encuny

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

encunyar

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

endarrere

Away from the front or from an edge.

endarreriment

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

endarrerir

To put off until a later time; to defer.

endarrerit

Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.

endauat

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

endavant

Onward, forward, with progressive action.

endegar

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

endemés

In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

endèmia

A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

endèmic

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

enderroc

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

enderrocar

To devour; to eat up

endeutat

Obligated, especially financially.

endeví

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

endevinació

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

endevinador

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

endevinaire

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

endevinalla

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

endevinar

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

endimoniat

controlled by evil spirits.

endins

Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.

endintre

Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.

endocardi

(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.

endoll

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

endormiscar-se

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

endosquelet

(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.

endrapar

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

endreçar

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

endreçat

Arranged neatly and in order.

endurar

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

enduriment

The process by which something hardens.

endurir

(transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.

endurir-se

(intransitive) To become hard.

endurit

Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.

ènema

Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.

enemic jurat

A principal enemy.

energètic

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

energia

(informal) Energy, high spirits.

energia cinètica

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

energia potencial

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

enèrgic

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

enèrgicament

In an energetic manner; with great energy.

enfadar

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

enfadós

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

enfangar

(transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).

enfardar

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

enfardellar

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

enfarfegar

(intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

enfarinar

(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

enfat

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

enfiladissa

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

enfilar

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

enfollit

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

enfondir

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

enfonsar

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

enfonsar-se

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

enfony

(pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

enfora

(rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

enforcadura

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

enforcall

(physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.

enfortir

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

enfosquir

(transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).

enfront de

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

enfrontament

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

enfrontar

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

enfrontar-se

(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

enfundar

(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.

enfuriar

To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.

enfurir

To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.

enfurrunyar-se

(intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

engabiar

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

engalba

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

engalipar

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

enganar

(archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

enganxada

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.

enganxar

(dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.

enganxar-se

(automotive, intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

enganxós

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

engany

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

enganyar

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).

enganyós

Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

enganyosament

In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.

engegar

(ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.

engendrar

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

enginy

The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.

enginyer

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.