Catalan–English dictionary

fer prospeccions

(intransitive) To search, as for gold.

fer que sí amb el cap

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

fer saber

(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]

fer safrà

(ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

fer scroll

(ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.

fer senderisme

(ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.

fer servir

To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.

fer sonar

(transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

fer trampes

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

fer truc

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

fer un cop de colze

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

fer un esbós

(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.

fer un globus

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

fer un pas en fals

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

fer un petó

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

fer un putt

(golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.

fer una becaina

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

fer una capcinada

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

fer una mala mirada

(intransitive, by extension) To look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.

fer una traveta

(transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

fer vacances

(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

fer via

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

fer zàping

To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.

fer-ho

(transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

fer-se malbé

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

fer-se miques

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

fer-se passar per

(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.

fera

(often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.

fèretre

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

ferida

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

ferir

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

feristela

A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.

ferit

Wounded, physically injured.

ferm

Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.

fermament

In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound [from 10th c.].

fermar

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

fermentar

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

fermesa

The state of being firm

feroç

Resolute or strenuously active.

feroçment

In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.

feromona

(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.

ferotge

Marked by extreme and violent energy.

ferradura

The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.

ferramenta

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

Ferran

A en given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

ferrar

(transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

ferrer

A person who forges iron.

ferrera

A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.

ferreteria

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

ferri

(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

ferro

(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

ferros

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

fertilitat

(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

fertilització

The act or process of rendering fertile.

fertilitzar

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

fèrula

(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

ferum

a strong foul smell; a stink.

fervent

Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

ferventment

In a fervent manner.

fervor

(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

fervorós

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.

fervorosament

In a fervent manner.

Fes

A city in Morocco.

fesol

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

festa

A holiday, festival, especially a religious one

festa de pijama

The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.

festejar

(transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

festí

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

festiu

Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

festival

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

festuc

The nutlike fruit of this tree.

fet

(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.

fet a mà

To make by hand and with much skill.

fet pols

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes, offensive) Tired or exhausted.

feta

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

fetal

(embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

fètid

Foul-smelling, stinking.

fetiller

(chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

fetillera

A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.

fetilleria

Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.

fetus

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

feu

An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

feu lloc

(to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!

feudalisme

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

fi

(by extension, often with "the") Death.

fiabilitat

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

fiable

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

fiança

(legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

fiar

(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.

fiasco

A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.

fiblada

A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

fiblar

(transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.

fibló

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

fibra

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

fibrós

Of or pertaining to fibre.

fibrosi

(medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

fíbula

(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

ficada de pota

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

ficar

To physically place (something or someone somewhere).

ficció

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

ficcional

Invented, as opposed to real.

fictici

Invented; contrived.

fidedigne

Deserving of trust, reliable.

fideïcomís

(legal) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.

fidel

Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

fidelitat

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

fidelment

In a faithful manner.

fideu

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

fideu de cabell d'àngel

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

fiducial

(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.

fiduciari

(legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another.

figa

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.]

figa de moro

The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

figuera

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]

figurar

(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.

figurar-se

To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.

figurativament

(manner) In a figurative manner.

Fiji

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fil

Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

fil d'aram

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

fila

A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

filador

(obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

filadora

(obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

filantropia

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filantròpic

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filar

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

filar prim

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

filera

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

filferro

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

filharmònic

(music) Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.

fília

(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

filial

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

filibusterisme

(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.

filigrana

(computing) Auxiliary data embedded in a datafile for subsequent identification and verification of the file.

filipí

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipines

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filistea

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filisteu

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Fill

(Christianity) One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

fill únic

Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.

filla

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

filla única

Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.

fillastra

The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

fillastre

The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

fillol

A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

fillola

A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

film

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

filmació

The action of the verb to film.

filmar

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

filó

(mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.