Catalan–English dictionary

lambda

The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

lamé

(uncountable) A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.

lament

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

lamentable

Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

lamentablement

In a manner inspiring or deserving regret.

lamentar

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

lamentar-se

(transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.

làmia

(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

laminat

Made by lamination.

laminós

Consisting of many thin layers.

làmpada

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

lampista

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

landa

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

lànguid

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

lantani

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

Laos

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

laosià

Of, from, or pertaining to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Laotian people or the Laotian language.

làpida

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

lapidació

(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment

lapidar

(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.

lapsus

A temporary failure; a slip.

laringe

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

laringitis

An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.

lasciu

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

làser

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

lassitud

Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness.

lata

A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

latent

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

lateral

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

lateralment

Done in a lateral manner.

latrina

(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

làudan

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

làudanum

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

Laura

A en given name.

Lausana

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

lava

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.

lavabo

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

lavanda

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

lavativa

(literally) A sterile container which holds the fluid used for giving a vaginal douche.

lax

Loose; not tight or taut.

laxant

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

lector

A person who reads a publication.

legalitat

Lawfulness.

legalitzar

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

legió

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

legislador

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

legisladora

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

legislatiu

Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

legítim

Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.

legítimament

In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

legitimar

(transitive) To make legitimate.

lema

(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

lèmming

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

lèmur

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

Leningrad

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.

leninista

Of or relating to Leninism.

lentament

(manner) At a slow pace.

lenticular

Shaped like a biconvex lens.

lentitud

The quality or state of being slow.

leo

Someone with a Leo star sign

Leopold

A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

leprós

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

leprosa

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

les

The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...

les parts

(euphemism, in the plural) The genitals.

les seves

That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

lesbià

(of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.

lesbiana

(of a woman, broadly) Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners.

lesió

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

lesionar

(transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.

letal

Causing death; lethal.

letargia

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

letó

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

letona

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

Letònia

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

leucèmia

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Leví

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

levitar

(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

Levític

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

lexema

(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.

lexicologia

(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.

LGTB

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

liana

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

libanès

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

libèl·lula

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

liberal

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

Libèria

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

libi

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

Líbia

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

líbic

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

libidinós

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.

libra

Someone with a Libra star sign

licantrop

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

lícitament

In a licit manner, legally, in a manner compatible with law.

licor

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.

líder

A headdress; a covering for the head.

liderar

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

lideratge

The capacity of someone to lead others.

lidocaïna

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.

Liechtenstein

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

Lieja

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

light

Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

lila

Having a pale purple colour.

Lilla

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

limanda

A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.

limfa

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

limfàtic

(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

limfoma

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

límit

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

limitar

(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

limitat

(derogatory) Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

limítrof

Having a common boundary or border

limusina

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

lineal

Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

linear

Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

lingot

A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.

lingüística

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

línia de banda

(sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.

línia de costa

The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)

linier

A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman.

link

(computing) The connection between buses or systems.

linòleum

An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.

linx

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

linx roig

A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

linxar

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

linxs

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

liquadora

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

liquar

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

liqüefer

To make (something) into a liquid.

liquen

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

líquid

(physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

liquidar

(transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).

lira

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Lisboa

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

lista de prohibició

(computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.

literal

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

literalment

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

liti

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.

lític

(inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium.

litigar

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

litigi

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

litoral

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

lítote

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

litre

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

lituà

Of or relating to Lithuania.

Lituània

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.

llaç

An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.

llaç obstètric

(veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.

llacuna

An opening allowing passage or entrance.