Catalan–English dictionary

oxímoron

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

Øresund

The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.

p. ex.

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

pa d'abella

Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.

pac

A group of products or services sold together as a unit.

pacana

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

pacaner

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

paciència

The quality of being patient.

pacient

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

pacientment

In a patient manner.

pacíficament

In a peaceful manner.

pacifisme

The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]

pacifista

One who loves, supports, or favours peace.

pacte

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

padellàs

(often, archaeology) A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.

padrastre

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

padrí

The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.

padrina

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

paella

(cookware) A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.

pagà

(historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

paga i senyal

A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

paganisme

Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

pagar

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

pagell

Any fish of the genus Pagellus.

pagellida

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

pagerol

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

Pagès

A surname originating as an occupation.

pàgina web

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

pagoda

A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]

paio

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

pair

(transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

pais de Gal·les

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

país de les meravelles

A place full of wonder or marvels.

paixà

(historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

paixtu

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Pakistan

A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

pakistanès

Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people.

pal

(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]

pal de fregar

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

pal·ladi

A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.

pal·li

A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

pal·liar

(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.

pal·liatiu

(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

pàl·lid

Without color; pale; pallid.

pala

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

pala carregadora

A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.

pala de forner

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

pala mixta

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).

palada

The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

paladar

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

paladí

A heroic champion, especially a knight.

palanca

(This entry is a translation hub.)

palanquejament

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

palanqueta

A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

palanquí

(loosely) Synonym of litter, any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.

Palau

A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

palau de justícia

A public building housing courts of law.

palejar

To move materials with a shovel.

Palerm

A metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo.

palestí

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

palestinenc

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

palet

A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

paleta

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

pali

A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. [from 1690s]

palíndrom

A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.

palissada

A fence made of palings.

pallassa

A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.

pallassada

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

pallasso

A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.

paller

A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

palleta

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.

pallissa

The pulsation of the heart.

pallús

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Palma

A city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca.

palmatòria

A broad, flat spanking implement.

palmell

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

palmeta

A broad, flat spanking implement.

palmito

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

paloma

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

palometa

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

palpitació

An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.

pam

The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.

pampalluguejar

(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

Pamplona

A city in Navarre, northern Spain, famous for the running of the bulls.

Pan

(Greek god) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.

pana

(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

panada

A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (such as fruit).

Panamà

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

pancarta

Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

pancreàtic

Belonging or relating to the pancreas.

pàncrees

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

panda

(colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.]

pandèmia

(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

pandèmic

(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

pandereta

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

panegíric

A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.

panell

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

panellet

A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

panera

A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

pangolí

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

pànic

(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

panís

A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

panís de [[l']]Índia

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

Panjab

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

panjabi

Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

panoràmic

Of or pertaining to a panorama; with a wide view.

panotxa

The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.

pansir

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

pansit

Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

pantà

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

pantalla

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

pantaló

An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.

pantaló de peto

(US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.

pantalons

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

pantanós

Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

panteisme

(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.

panteix

A short, sudden intake of breath.

panteixar

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

pantomima

A pantomime actor.

panxa

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

panxell

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

panxut

Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

pany

Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.

paorós

Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

pap

(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.

papa

(informal) A father, a male parent.

papagai

A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

papaia

The fruit of this tree.

papaió

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

papal

Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papalló

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

papallona

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

papallona de la c blanca

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

papaorelles

Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

paparazzo

A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.

paparra

(British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

papat

(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

paper

A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

paper d'alumini

(mostly, uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

paper d'empaperar

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

paper de vidre

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

paper pintat

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.

paperada

(uncountable) Routine work involving written documents.

paperassa

(informal) Bureaucratic or official documents.

papereria

A shop that sells stationery.

papereta

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

papereta de vot

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.

papers

Official documents or identification, as a passport.

papi

(colloquial, affectionate) One's father.

papiroflèxia

(uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding.