Catalan–English dictionary

enginyera

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.

enginyeria

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

enginyós

Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.

engoliment

The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

engolir

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

engonal

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

engormandir

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

engrandir

(transitive) To make (something) larger.

engranerar

To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

engrapadora

A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.

engrapar

(transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.

engreixador

That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

engreixar

To keep close; to keep secret.

engrillonar

(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.

engronsar

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

engruna

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

enguixar

To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.

enhorabona

Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

enjogassar-se

(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]

enjogassat

liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

enjoncar

To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

enjovar

(transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

enlairament

A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

enlairar-se

(surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.

enllà

Further away than.

enllaç

Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

enllàç simbòlic

(computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.

enllaçar

(transitive) To catch with a lasso.

enllaminir

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

enllaunar

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

enllaunat

Preserved in cans.

enllepolir

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

enllitat

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

enllotar

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

enlluernador

Very brilliant or splendid in display; that dazzles the mind of the observer.

enllumenat

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

ennegrir

(transitive, causative) To make dirty.

ennuar

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

ennuegar-se

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

ennuvolar

(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

ennuvolat

(meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

enorme

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

enormement

Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.

enormitat

(uncountable, sometimes, proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]

enquadernació

The art, craft or process of binding books.

enquadernar

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

enquadrar

(transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.

enquesta

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

enquestar

The act of surveying; a general view.

enquitranar

(transitive) To coat with tar.

enrabiada

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

enrabiat

Displaying or feeling anger.

enrajolar

(transitive) To cover with tiles.

enrasat

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

enredada

A fraudulent deal.

enredar

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

enregistrament

A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

enregistrar

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

enrere

(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.

enreveixinament

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

enrevessat

(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.

Enric

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages.

enrinxar-se

To twist or twine around something (or one another).

enriquiment

The act of enriching or something enriched.

enrocar

(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

enrojolar-se

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

enrosar

(transitive) To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.

enrossir

(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.

ens

(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

ensabonar

(transitive) To cover with lather.

ensabonat

Covered in soap.

ensacar

To put in a sack or sacks.

ensagnar

(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

ensalada

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

ensanguinar

(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

ensarronar

(informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.

ense

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

ensems

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

ensenyant

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

ensibornar

(transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

ensinistrar

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

ensofrar

(transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.

ensopegada

A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

ensopegar

(transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.

ensopir

(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

ensordidor

Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.

ensordir

(transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.

ensorrar

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

ensorrar-se

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

ensota

Later in the same text.

ensucrat

Of food or drink: containing sugar.

ensulsiada

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

ensumada

(countable) An instance of sniffing.

ensumar

(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.

ensurt

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

ensutzar

(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.

ent

Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

entallament

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

entalpia

(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

entebenar

(transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

entendre

(figuratively) To understand.

entendrir

(transitive) To make (something, especially meat) tender.

enteniment

Sound practical or moral judgment.

enter

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

enterament

To the full or entire extent.

enterc

Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

entercament

The state of being stubborn.

enteresa

The quality or condition of being complete; pure

entèric

Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.

enterrament

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

enterramorts

A person employed to dig graves.

enterrar

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

enterrat

Placed in a grave at a burial.

entès

Educated and well-informed.

entesos

(radio, _, telecommunications, procedure word) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)

entollar

To form a puddle.

entomòleg

A scientist who studies insects.

entonació

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

entonar

To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

entorn

(computing) The software or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

entrada

(also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

entramat

(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

entrant

Incoming.

entranyes

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

entrar

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

entrar en pànic

To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

entre

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

entrebanc

Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.

entrebancar-se

(intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.

entrecuix

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

entrega

The act of conveying something.

entregat

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

entrellaçar

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

entremaliadura

(uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.

entremaliat

Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.

entrenador

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

entrenadora

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

entrenament

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

entrenar

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

entrepà

A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.

entrepassegar

(transitive, figurative) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.

entresòl

A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.

entreteniment

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

entretenir

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

entretingut

Entertaining.

entrevista

A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]

entrevistador

One who interviews.

entrevistar

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

entronització

The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned.

entronitzar

(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.