Catalan–English dictionary

ponxo

A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.

pop

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

popa

(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

popularitat

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.

populatxo

(derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]

populós

Having a large population.

pòquer

(card games) Four cards of the same rank.

poques

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

poquet

A small amount of something.

por

(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

porc

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

porc espí

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

porc formiguer

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

porcatera

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

porcell

A young pig.

porcellana

(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

porcellera

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

porexpan

Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.

pornista

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornògraf

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornografia

The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]

pornogràfic

Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.

porós

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

porpra

Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.

porqueria

(UK, Irish, pejorative, slang) The police.

porquet

A young pig.

porquet de Sant Antoni

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

porra

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

porradell

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

porret

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

porro

(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.

port

(countable) Any place of shelter.

porta

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

porta del darrere

(automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

porta posterior

(automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

porta-retalls

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

portable

Able to be carried or easily moved.

portador

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

portadora

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

portaequipatge

A rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.

portalera

(nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship.

portaobjectes

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

portar

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

portar-se

(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

portatge

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

portàtil

(computing) A laptop computer.

portaveu

A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.

portella

A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.

portentós

Of momentous or ominous significance.

porter

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

portera

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

porteria

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

pòrtic

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

porticó

(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.

Portugal

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portugalès

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

portugalesa

(chiefly, in the plural) A person native to, or living in, Portugal.

portuguès

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

portuguesa

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

porus

A tiny opening in the skin.

porxada

(architecture) A row of arches.

porxo

A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.

posada

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

posar

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

posar a prova

To challenge, to put a strain on (something).

posar a zero

(transitive) To set some amount to be zero.

posar en òrbita

(transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.

posar en perill

(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

posar un parany

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

posar-se

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

posar-se bo

(intransitive) To become better or healthy again.

posar-se dret

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

posar-se vermell

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

posició

A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.

Posidó

(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

pòsit

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

positiu

Being positive rather than negative or zero.

positivament

(manner) In a positive manner.

positivista

Related to positivism, positivistic.

positivitat

(uncountable) The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.

positura

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.

posposar

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

possessió

Something that is owned.

possiblement

(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.

post

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

posta de sol

(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

postal

Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

postdata

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.

pòster

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

posterior

Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

posteriorment

At some unspecified time in the future.

postguerra

Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.

postís

Spurious, artificial.

postoperatori

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

postpart

After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

postres

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

postulat

Something that is posited; a postulate.

postureig

The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.

posturer

(by extension) Of a person: Prudish; straight-laced.

postveritat

The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion.

pot

A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.

pota

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.

potable

(of water) Safe to drink.

potassa

The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).

potassi

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

potència

(metonymically) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.

potència sexual

Sexual potency.

potencial

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

potencialment

In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.

potent

Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.

potentment

In a powerful manner.

poti-poti

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

potinejar

(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something

potiner

One who works in a rough and ready, slipshod manner.

potser

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly. [from 13th c.]

pou de glaç

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

pou negre

A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.

poua

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

pràctic

Easy to use, useful.

practicable

(of an obstacle, route etc) Able to be traversed; navigable.

pràcticament

In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.

pràcticum

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

pràctiques

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

prada

An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

praderia

An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Praga

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

pragmàtic

Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.

praguès

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prat

A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.

pre-

Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

preàmbul

A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.

prebenda

A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

precari

(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

precarietat

A state of being uncertain or unstable.

precepte

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

preciós

Nice; wonderful.

precipici

A very steep cliff.

precipitació

(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.

precipitadament

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

precipitar

(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.

precís

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

precisament

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

precisar

(transitive) To mention, specify.

precisió

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

precocitat

The condition of being precocious

precognició

(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]

preconcebut

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

precursor

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.

precursora

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.

predador

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.