Catalan–English dictionary

Pèrsia

Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.

persiana

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

persimó

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

persistència

The property of being persistent.

persistent

Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

persistentment

In a persistent manner.

persistir

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

persona non grata

A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.

personal

(grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]

personalitat

(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

personalitzar

To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.

personalitzat

(archaic) Accustomed; usual.

personificació

A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

perspicaç

(figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.

perspicàcia

Power of acute observation and deduction

persuadir

(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]

persuasió

The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.]

persuasiu

Able to persuade; convincing.

persuasivament

In a manner intended to convince or persuade.

pertànyer

(intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.

pertinaç

Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.

pertinàcia

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

pertinacitat

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

pertinent

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

pertorbació

The act of disturbing, being disturbed.

pertorbador

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

pertot

In or to all locations under discussion.

perturbar

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

Perú

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

peruà

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

peruana

A person from Peru or of Peruvian descent.

pervertit

(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

pervinca

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

perviure

(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

perxa

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.

pesadament

In a manner designed for heavy duty.

pesadesa

The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.

pesant

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

pesar

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.

pesar figues

(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.

pesat

A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

pesca

The act of circumventing security with an alias.

pesca d'arrossegament

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.

pesca per correu electrònic

The act of circumventing security with an alias.

pescador

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

pescador de fons

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

pescador esportiu

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

pescar

(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

peso

(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

pèsol

(culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

pessic

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

pessigar

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

pessigolles

The act of tickling.

pèssim

Tremendously bad.

pessimista

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

pesta

(now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

pestanya

(anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

pestell

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

pesticida

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

peta

(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.

pètal

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

petar

(transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.

petard

A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

petarrell

One's facial expression when pouting.

petarrelleig

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.

petge

A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.

petició

(law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. [from 1730s]

petimetre

A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

petit

A ball used in boules.

petitesa

(uncountable) The state or quality of being small.

petjada

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

peto

(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

petonejar

(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.

petral

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

petrell prió

A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.

petricor

The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.

Petrograd

A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.

petroli

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

pets

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.

petúnia

A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

petxina

A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

peu

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

peuada

(countable) The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself.

peülla

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

Peus grans

(cryptozoology, folklore) A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

pi

(uncountable) The wood of a pine.

pianista

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

piano

(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]

pic

The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.

pica

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

pica-soques

Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.

picada

An act of striking with a beak.

picador

(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.

picant

Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy. [from 17th c.]

picaporta

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

picar

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

picar l'ullet

(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

picard

Of, from or relating to Picardy, a cultural region part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, France.

picassa

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

piccolo

A piccolo flute A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

pícnic

The meal eaten at such a gathering.

picolar

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

picot

Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.

picota

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

picotí

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.

pictograma

A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

pictòric

Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.

pidgin

(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.

pidolar

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

Piemont

An administrative region in the north of Italy.

pietat

(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.

pífia

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

pifre

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

piga

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

pigmentació

Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

pigmentar

(transitive) To add color or pigment to something.

pigmeu

(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

pigota

(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

pijama

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

pila

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

pilar

(rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.

pilav

A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.

píleu

(meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.

pili

(historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.

pillar

To participate in a foray.

pillatge

The act of pillaging.

pillet

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

pilós

(of a person) Having a lot of body hair.

pilot

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

pilota

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

pilota de futbol

(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".

pilotar

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

piloteig

(squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

pilotes

(vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle. [from 20th c.]

pin

(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

pinacle

(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

pinça

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

pinça de cabells

A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.

pinces

A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.

pineda

(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation.

pinguejar

(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

pingüí

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]

Pinotxo

The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.

pinsà

A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.

pinso

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.

pintura

(dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.

pinya

The fruit of a conifer.

pinyó

The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.

pinyol

A small, hard particle.

pinyolada

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.