Catalan–English dictionary

esplèndit

(of a person or place, sometimes, endearing) Very beautiful.

espluga

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

espòiler

A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. [from 1970s]

espoleta

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

espoliar

(transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of possessions; to rob, despoil. [from 14th c.]

espolsar

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

esponjar

To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

espontaneïtat

(uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.

espontàniament

In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.

espora

A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

esporàdicament

At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency.

esporgar

(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

esport

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

esportiu

(not comparable) Pertaining to sports

esportivitat

The property of being sporty.

esporuguir

(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

espòs

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

esposa

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

espremedora

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

esprémer

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

esprint

A short race at top speed.

esprintar

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

espunyidella d'olor

An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

espuri

False, not authentic, not genuine.

espurna

A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

espurnejar

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

esput

(physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

esquadró

(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

esqueix

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

esqueixalat

Having no teeth.

esquela

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.

esquelet

(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.

esquellat

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

esqueller

The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.

esquema

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).

esquena

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

esquer

A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.

esquerar

(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

esquerda

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

esquerdar

(transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.

esquerp

Without sympathy; unfavorably.

esquerrà

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

esquerre

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

esquerrer

Of or pertaining to the political left.

esquetx

A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.

esquí

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

esquiador

One who skis.

esquiadora

One who skis.

esquiar

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

esquif

Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

esquinç

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

esquinçar

(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.

esquirol

Sciurus vulgaris (Eurasian red squirrel), common in Europe and Asia.

esquirol llistat

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

esquist

Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.

esquitx

Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.

esquivar

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

esquizoide

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.

essa

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

essència

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

ésser

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

ésser humà

(fantasy, scifi, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.

est

The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

estabilitat

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

estabilitzador

Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.

establar

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

estable

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

establert

Prearranged.

establir

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

estabornit

In a state of shock or confusion.

estaca

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

estacada

A fence made of palings.

estació

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

estació de treball

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

estacional

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

estacionar

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

estada

A short stay somewhere.

estadi

A venue where sporting events are held.

estadístic

Of or pertaining to statistics.

estadística

A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.

estadísticament

In a statistical way.

estafa

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

estafador

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

estafadora

(slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.

estafar

(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.

estaferm

(pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

estafilococ

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

estagflació

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

estai

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

estai major

(nautical) A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.

estalinisme

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

estalviador

(dated) Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.

estalviar

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

estalzí

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

estam

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

estament

(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]

estampa

(Usually preceded by "the" , colloquial) The exact likeness (of someone); speaking image.

estampar

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

estampida

A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.

estancar

(intransitive) (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.

estancat

Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

estand

A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.

estàndard

Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.

estandarditzar

To make to conform to a standard.

estant

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

estany

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

estar

(often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.

estar confós

(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

estar dret

(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

estar robado

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

estar-s'hi

(transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

estasi

(pathology) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.

estat

(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.

estat d'ànim

A mental or emotional state, composure.

estat de trànsit

(countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.

estàtua

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

estatueta

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

estatunidenc

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

estatura

The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

estatut

A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

estatuts

(law, historical) A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. [from 1791]

este

The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

estel·lar

(astronomy, notcomp) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

estella

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

estellador

A person who cuts wood.

estelladora

A person who cuts wood.

estellar

(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

estendard

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

estendre

(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.

estenedor

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.

estenografia

The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand

estenosi

(medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

estentori

(of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

estepa

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671]

estepicursor

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

èster

(organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

estereotipar

(transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.

estereotípic

Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.

esterilitat

The state or quality of being sterile.

estern

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

esternudar

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

estèrnum

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

esternut

An act of sneezing.

esteroide

(biochemistry, organic compound) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.

esterrossadora

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

estès

Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

estètic

Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.

estètica

The study or philosophy of beauty.

estèticament

In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.

estetoscopi

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.