Catalan–English dictionary

angost

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

anguiforme

Having the form or shape of a snake.

anguila

A snake-like fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1.5 m in length, Anguilla anguilla.

angular

Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.

angúnia

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

anhedonisme

(symptom, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.

anhel

A wistful or melancholy longing.

anhelar

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

anhidre

Dry, arid, lacking water.

anhistòric

Lacking historical perspective or context.

anihilar

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

anilina

(organic compound) The simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.

ànim

A mental or emotional state, composure.

ànima

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

animadversió

(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.

animal

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.

animal de companyia

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.

animar

(transitive) To give life or energy to.

animat

Endowed with life.

aniquilar

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

anís

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.

anit

during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)

aniuament

(programming) The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.

anivelladora

A machine used to sort food by size or quality.

anivellar

(transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

aniversari

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

aniversari de noces

(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.

Ankara

The capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.

Anna

A en given name.

Annàs

(biblical) A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.

annexar

To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.

annexió

Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.

annu

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

ànode

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

anòmal

Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

anòmalament

In an anomalous manner.

anomalia

A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

anonimitzar

(transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).

anorac

A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.

anorèctic

Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa.

anorèctica

Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.

anormal

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

anormalment

In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard, norm, or average. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

anòsmia

Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.

anotació

The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.

anotar

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

anòxia

(ecology, pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

Anselm

A en given name.

ànsia

A strong desire; yearning.

ansiar

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

ansiejar

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

ansiós

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

ansiosament

In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

ant

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

antagonisme

A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.

antagonista

Contending or acting against.

antàrtic

Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.

Antàrtida

The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.

antecedent

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

antecedents

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

antecessor

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.

antena

(chiefly, _, UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.

antena parabòlica

(telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

antenupcial

Occurring before marriage; antenuptial.

antepenúltim

Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.

anterior

Previous.

anterioritat

The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.

anteriorment

at some time in the past

antesi

(botany) The event of a flower opening.

anti-

Against, opposed to.

antiàcid

Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

antiàcida

Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

antibacterià

(pharmaceutical effect) Killing or inhibiting bacteria.

antibales

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

antibiosi

(ecology) An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

antibiòtic

(pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to antibiotics.

antic

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

anticipació

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

anticipant

Characterized by anticipation.

anticipar

To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]

anticlímax

(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.

anticonceptiu

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

anticongelant

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.

anticòs

(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

anticrist

One who works against the teachings of Christ.

antidepressiu

(pharmaceutical effect) Preventing or counteracting depression.

Antigua

The largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean. [from late 16th c.]

antiheroi

(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

antihigiènic

Lacking hygiene; unclean.

antihistamínic

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.

antillà

Of, from, or pertaining to the Antilles, the Antillean people or the Antillean language.

antílop

Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.

antílop aquàtic

A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.

antílop salta-roques

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

antimatèria

(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.

antimicrobià

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.

antinacionalisme

(politics) opposition to nationalism

antinatural

Not natural.

antioxidant

Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

antipapa

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

antiparal·lel

(mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.

antipartícula

(particle) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.

antipatia

An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

antipàtic

Not friendly; hostile; mean.

antípoda

Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.

antiquat

old-fashioned, out of date

antisemitisme

(narrower sense) Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.

antisèptic

(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).

antisèrum

(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.

antítesi

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

antitètic

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

antivirus

(computing) Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus.

antologia

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

Antoni

A en given name, in regular use since the Middle Ages.

Antònia

A en given name.

àntrax

(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.

antropofàgia

The act of eating another of one's own species.

antropofòbia

A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.

antropoide

An anthropoid animal.

antropòleg

An expert in anthropology.

antropòloga

An expert in anthropology.

antropologia

The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework.

antropològic

Relating to anthropology.

antropomorf

Having the form of a human.

antropomòrfic

Having the form of a human.

antull

A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.

anual

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

anualment

Once every year without fail, yearly

anuari

An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.

Anubis

(Egyptian god) In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal.

anul·lador

(commutative algebra, of an element (or subset) of an R-module M) That ideal of R whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of M.

anul·lar

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

anular

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.

anunci

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

anunciació

The act of annunciating.

anunciador

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

anunciant

One who advertises.

anunciar

(transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

anur

(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

anus

(anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

anvers

Turned or facing toward the observer.

anxova

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

any

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

anyada

The year or place in which something is produced.

anyal

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

anyell

A young sheep.

anyil

A purplish-blue color.

anys 80

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

anys i panys

(hyperbole) A long time.

anys noranta

The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.