Catalan–English dictionary

amenitat

Pleasantness.

americà

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

Amèriques

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.

ametlla

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:

ametller

(countable) The tree that produces almonds.

amfetamina

(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.

amfíbol

(mineral) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium.

amfiteatre

An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.

amfitrió

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

amfitriona

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

àmfora

(chiefly, _, historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.

amiant

A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.

amic

A male friend.

amidar

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

amigable

Showing friendliness or goodwill.

amigablement

Friendly; in an amicable manner.

amígdala

(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

aminat

(organic chemistry) The amine functional group.

amistançada

The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.

amistançat

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

amistosament

In a friendly manner; like a friend.

amnèsia

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

amni

(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

àmnic

Pertaining to the amnion.

amniòtic

Pertaining to the amnion.

amnistia

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

amoïnar

(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; to exercise.

amoïnar-se

(intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

amonestacions

The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).

amonestar

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

amoni

(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH4+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia

amoníac

(inorganic compound) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.

Amor

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.

amoralitat

Lack or absence of morality.

amorosament

In an amorous or loving manner.

Amós

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

amotinada

Someone who participates in mutiny.

amotinar

(intransitive) To commit a mutiny.

amotinat

Someone who participates in mutiny.

ampit

(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.

amplament

In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

ample

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

ampliar

(transitive) To make wide or wider.

amplitud

(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.

ampolla

The contents of such a container.

amputació

surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

amputar

To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Amsterdam

A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.

amulet

A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

amunt

Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

amuntegar

(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

anabòlic

Of or relating to anabolism.

anacard

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

anaconda

(countable) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

anacrònic

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

anada i tornada

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

anadura

(horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

anaerobi

An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.

anafilàctic

Pertaining to anaphylaxis.

anagall

Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). [from 15th c.]

anagrama

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

anagramatitzar

(transitive, ise-form) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.

anàleg

Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)

analepsi

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

analfabet

A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person. [from mid 17th c.]

analfabeta

A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person. [from mid 17th c.]

analfabetisme

(uncountable) The inability to read and write.

analgèsia

(medicine) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.

analgèsic

(pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

anàlgia

(medicine) A process of temporarily reducing the ability to feel pain; the provision of this service.

anàlisi

(uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.

anàlisi matemàtica

(uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.

analític

Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.

analítica

Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

analitzar

(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

anàlogament

In an analogous manner; in a manner which evokes analogy.

analogia

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

ananàs

(slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.

anar

(in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".

anar a comprar

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

anar al capdavant

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

anar al llit

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

anar al safrà

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

anar amb compte

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

anar de processó

To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

anar-se'n en orris

(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

anarquia

(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

anarquista

One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.

anastomosi de derivació per a revascularització cardíaca

(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

anàstrofe

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

anat

Away, having left.

anat al trot

(intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

anatasa

(mineral) A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment. [from 1802]

Anatòlia

A peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.

anatomia

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

anatòmic

Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.

anatòmicament

Pertaining to the anatomy.

anca

(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.

ancestral

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

ancestre

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

ancià

older, greater than another in age or seniority.

ancian

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

anciana

older, greater than another in age or seniority.

àncora

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.

ancorar

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

AND

(logic) Alternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator.

andalús

Of, from or relating to Andalusia, Spain.

andalusa

A native or inhabitant of Andalusia, Spain.

andalusí

Of, from or relating to Andalusia, Spain.

Andalusia

A historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Capital: Seville.

andana

The unplowed boundary of a field.

andanada

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

Andes

Synonym of Andes Mountains.

androgin

A person who is androgynous. [from mid-16th c.]

androide

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).

ànec collverd

(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

àneda rossa

(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

anedó

A young duck.

aneguet

A young duck.

anell

A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.

anella

(jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.

anèmia

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

anèmic

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.

anemone

Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.

anestèsia

(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.

anestesiar

(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

anestèsic

Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.

anestesiòleg

(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.

anet

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

aneurisma

(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.

anfós

Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

Àngel

A en given name.

Àngela

A en given name.

Àngela Maria

Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!

angèlic

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

Angèlica

A en given name.

angelical

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

angelologia

The study of angels. Angels have been grouped into nine categories or “choirs,” from lowest to highest: angel, virtue, archangel, power, principality, dominion, throne, cherub, and seraph.

angeví

(historical) Of, from or relating to Anjou, a former province of France (previously a county, duchy and the associated House of Anjou), now part of the administrative regions of Pays de la Loire, Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Anglaterra

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

angle

(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.

angle agut

(geometry) An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.

anglès

(in the plural) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.

anglesa

(in the plural) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.

Ànglia

A geographic region of England, more properly called East Anglia.

anglicà

Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.

anglicana

A member of an Anglican Church.

anglo-

A combining form relating to the English or British people, culture, or livestock.

angoixa

Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.

Angola

Synonym of angora (cat).