| baa {n} (bleating of sheep) | :: bel {m} |
| baa {interj} (cry of sheep) | :: be, bee, mè |
| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep) | :: belar |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| babirusa {n} (a member of the genus Babyrousa) | :: babirussa {f} |
| baboon {n} (primate) | :: babuí {m} |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: nadó {m}, bebè {m} |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: benjamí {m} |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: biberó {m} |
| Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) | :: Babilònia {f} |
| Babylonia {prop} (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia) | :: Babilònia {f} |
| Babylonian {adj} (pertaining to the city or empire of Babylon) | :: babiloni |
| Babylonian {n} (person from the city of Babylon) | :: babiloni {m}, babilònia {f} |
| Babylonian {n} (person from the kingdom of Babylonia) | :: babiloni {m}, babilònia {f} |
| Babylonian {prop} (Akkadian language) | :: babiloni {m} |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: cangur |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| baccalaureate {n} (bachelor's degree) SEE: bachelor's degree | :: |
| baccarat {n} (card game) | :: bacarà |
| bacchanal {adj} (relating to Bacchus or his festival) | :: bacanal |
| bacchanal {adj} (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) | :: bacanal |
| bacchanal {n} (drunken revelry; an orgy) | :: bacanal {f} |
| bacchic {adj} (of or relating to Bacchus) | :: bàquic |
| Bacchus {prop} (the Roman god of wine) | :: Bacus {m} |
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man) | :: solter {m} |
| bachelor's degree {n} (first or lowest academic degree) | :: llicenciatura {f} |
| bacillar {adj} (shaped like a rod or staff) | :: bacil·liforme, bacil·lar |
| bacillar {adj} (relating to a bacillus) | :: bacil·lar |
| bacilliform {adj} (shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped) | :: bacil·liforme |
| bacillus {n} (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus) | :: bacil {m} |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: esquena {f} |
| back {v} (to go in the reverse direction) | :: recular |
| back {v} (to support) | :: fer costat |
| back and forth {n} (movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position) | :: vaivé {m} |
| back away {v} (to retreat, keeping the attention in front) | :: recular |
| backboard {n} (basketball) | :: tauler {m} |
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: columna vertebral {f} , espina dorsal {f} , espinada {f} |
| backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength) | :: coratge {m} |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: escenari {m} |
| back fire {n} (explosion of a combustion engine) | :: deflagració d'escapament {f} |
| backgammon {n} (board game) | :: backgammon {m} |
| background {n} (social heritage) | :: bagatge {m} |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: fons {m} |
| background {n} (relevant information) | :: antecedents {m-p} |
| background {n} (less important feature) | :: rerefons {m} |
| backhand {n} (stroke in tennis) | :: cop de revés {m} |
| backhand {adj} (ice hockey) | :: de revés |
| backlight {n} (light attached to an LCD display) | :: retroil·luminació {f} |
| back out {v} (to withdraw from something one has promised to do) | :: fer-se enrere |
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: motxilla {f} |
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel | :: |
| backrest {n} (back piece of a chair) | :: respatller {m} |
| back row {n} (rugby) | :: tercera línia {f} |
| backspin {n} (spin applied to a ball in order to slow it) | :: efecte de retrocés {m} |
| back wall {n} (Wall) | :: paret posterior {f} |
| backward {adv} (in the direction towards the back) | :: enrere |
| backwards {adv} (toward the back) | :: enrere, endarrere |
| bacon {n} (cut of meat) | :: cansalada {f} |
| bacteraemia {n} (medical condition) | :: bacterièmia {f} |
| bacterial {adj} (of or caused by bacteria) | :: bacterià |
| bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology) | :: bacteriològic |
| bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist) | :: bacteriòleg {m} |
| bacteriology {n} (scientific study of bacteria) | :: bacteriologia {f} |
| bacteriophage {n} (a virus that infects bacteria) | :: bacteriòfag {m} |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: bacteri {m} |
| Bactrian camel {n} (Camelus bactrianus) | :: camell bactrià {m} |
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) | :: dolent |
| bad {adv} (badly) SEE: badly | :: |
| Badajoz {prop} (city) | :: Badajoz {f} |
| Badalona {prop} (city in Catalonia) | :: Badalona |
| Baden-Württemberg {prop} (state of Germany) | :: Baden-Wurtemberg |
| badge {n} (distinctive mark) | :: xapa {f}, insígnia {f}, distintiu |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: teixó {m} |
| badlands {n} (arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks) | :: badlands {f-p} |
| bad luck {n} (misfortune) | :: mala sort {f} |
| badly {adv} (in a bad manner) | :: malament, mal |
| bad-mannered {adj} (having bad manners) | :: mal educat |
| badminton {n} (a racquet sport) | :: bàdminton {m} |
| badminton player {n} (a person who plays badminton) | :: jugador de bàdminton {m}, jugadora de bàdminton {f} |
| badmouth {v} (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully) | :: malparlar |
| badness {n} (the quality of being bad) | :: bua {f} |
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper) | :: malhumorat |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: bossa {f} |
| bag {n} (baseball: cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base) | :: coixí {m} |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bagasse {n} (the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted) | :: bagàs {m} |
| bagatelle {n} (trifle) | :: bagatel·la {f} |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| Baghdad {prop} (city) | :: Bagdad |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpiper {n} (one who plays the bagpipes) | :: gaiter {m} |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: cornamusa {f}, gaita {f} |
| baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: baguet {f} |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Bahames {p} |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Bahrain {m} |
| baiji {n} (freshwater dolphin) | :: dofí del Iang-tsé {m}, dofí de riu xinès {m} |
| bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money) | :: fiança |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| bailiff {n} (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts) | :: algutzir {m}, agutzil {m} |
| bailout {n} (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) | :: rescat {m} |
| bain-marie {n} (pan containing hot water) | :: bany maria {m} |
| bait {n} (substance used in catching fish) | :: esquer {m} |
| bait {n} (anything which allures) | :: esquer {m} |
| baize {n} (woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.) | :: feltre {m} |
| Bajocian {prop} | :: Bajocià |
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven) | :: fornejar |
| baked {adj} (cooked by baking) | :: cuit al forn {m} |
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: forner {m}, flequer {m} |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (group of thirteen) | :: dotzena de frare {f} |
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: fleca {f}, forn {m} |
| baklava {n} (sweet pastry) | :: baclaua |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: Bakú |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: balalaica {f} |
| balance {n} (equilibrium) | :: equilibri {m} |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: balança {f} |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: balanç {m} |
| balance {v} (to bring to equipoise) | :: equilibrar, compensar |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balance beam {n} (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail) | :: barra d'equilibri {f} |
| balance of trade {n} (difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time) | :: balança comercial {f} |
| balance wheel {n} (timepiece mechanism) | :: volant regulador {m} |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: balcó {m} |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: calb |
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America) | :: pigarg americà {m} |
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) | :: calvície {f}, calbesa {f} |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| Balearic {adj} (of the Balearic Islands) | :: balear |
| Balearic {prop} (Catalan dialect) | :: balear {m} |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: Illes Balears {f-p} |
| Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) | :: Bali |
| Balinese {n} (language) | :: balinès {m} |
| Balinese {n} (inhabitant) | :: balinès {m} |
| Balinese {adj} (of or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language or culture) | :: balinès |
| Balkan {adj} (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) | :: balcànic |
| Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanization {n} (fragmentation of a region into several small states) | :: balcanització {f} |
| Balkanization {n} (any disintegration process) | :: balcanització {f} |
| Balkanize {v} (to break up) | :: balcanitzar |
| Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: Balcans {m-p} |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: bola {f} |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: pilota {f}, bola {f} |
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) | :: bola {f} |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: pilotes {f-p}, colló {m} |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: ball {m} |
| ballad {n} (narrative poem) | :: balada {f} |
| ballast {n} (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) | :: llast {m} |
| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) | :: aplegapilotes {m} {f} |
| ballerina {n} (female ballet dancer) | :: ballarina {f} |
| ballet {n} (form of dance) | :: ballet {m} |
| ballet {n} (theatrical presentation) | :: ballet {m} |
| ballet {n} (company of persons) | :: ballet {m} |
| ball game {n} (game played with a ball) | :: esport de pilota {m} |
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game | :: |
| ball girl {n} (female who clears balls) | :: aplegapilotes {m} {f} |
| ballistic {adj} (relating to ballistics) | :: balístic |
| ballistics {n} (science of the study of falling objects) | :: balística {f} |
| ballistic vest {n} (bulletproof vest) SEE: bulletproof vest | :: |
| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob | :: |
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: globus {m} |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: globus {m}, baló {m} |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: globus {m} |
| balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble | :: |
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting) | :: papereta de vot {f} |
| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) | :: urna {f} |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: ous {m-p}, collons {m-p} |
| ballsy {adj} (having balls) | :: collonut {m}, collonuda {f} |
| Balochi {prop} (language) | :: balutxi {m} |
| Balochistan {prop} (region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia) | :: Balutxistan {m} |
| Balochistan {prop} (province of Pakistan) | :: Balutxistan |
| baloney {n} (type of smoked sausage) | :: mortadel·la {f} |
| Balthazar {prop} (one of the Magi) | :: Baltasar |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic {adj} (of the Baltic region or sea) | :: bàltic |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages) | :: bàltic |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Balts) | :: bàltic |
| Baltic-Finnic {adj} | :: baltofinès {m}; baltofinés {m} |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: Mar Bàltica {f} |
| baluster {n} (banister) | :: balustre {m} |
| balustrade {n} (row of balusters) | :: balustrada {f} |
| Bamako {prop} (capital of Mali) | :: Bamako |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: bamana, bamanakan, bambara, bamanaia, baumana |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: bambú {m} |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: bambú {m} |
| bamboozle {v} (to con, defraud, trick) | :: enredar, engalipar |
| ban {n} (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) | :: ban {m} |
| banal {adj} (common) | :: banal |
| banality {n} (quality of being banal) | :: banalitat {f} |
| banality {n} (something which is banal) | :: banalitat {f} |
| banalize {v} (to make banal) | :: banalitzar |
| banally {adv} (in a banal manner) | :: banalment |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: banana {f}, plàtan {m} |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: pela de plàtan {f} |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: coereba {m} |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: república bananera {f} |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| Banbury story of a cock and a bull {n} (roundabout, nonsensical story) | :: una història sense cap ni peus (a story without head or feet) |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: bena {f}, embenat {m} |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: embenar |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} (adhesive bandage) | :: tireta {f} |
| banderilla {n} (decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting) | :: banderilla {f} |
| bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: bàndicut {m} |
| bandoleer {n} (bandolier) SEE: bandolier | :: |
| bandolier {n} (an ammunition belt) | :: canana {f} |
| bandoneon {n} (accordion) | :: bandoneó {m} |
| bandy {adj} (bowlegged) | :: camatort |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| bane {n} (source of harm or ruin; affliction) | :: desgràcia {f}, flagell {m} |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) | :: Bangkok |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: Bangladesh |
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: serrell {m} |
| banish {v} (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) | :: bandejar, desterrar |
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: arrambador |
| banister {n} (one of the vertical supports of a handrail) | :: balustre {m} |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: banjo {m} |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: banc {m} |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: banc {m} |
| bank {n} (storage for important goods) | :: banc {m}, magatzem {m} |
| bank {n} (device used to store coins or currency) | :: guardiola {f} |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: riba {f} |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: compte bancari {m} |
| banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: banquer {m}, banquera {f} |
| banker {n} (dealer) | :: banquer {m}, banquera {f} |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: bitllet {m} |
| banner {n} (flag) | :: bandera {f}, banderola {f}, estendard {m}, gomfaró {m} |
| banner {n} (large sign) | :: pancarta {f} |
| banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession) | :: bandera {f}, banderola {f}, estendard {m}, gomfaró {m} |
| banner {n} (cause or purpose; a campaign or movement) | :: estendard {m} |
| banner {n} (advertisement on a web page) | :: banner {m} |
| banner {n} (principal standard of a knight) | :: estendard {m}, gomfaró {m} |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: banquet {m} |
| banshee {n} (in Irish folklore, a female spirit) | :: banshee {f} |
| bansuri {n} (flute) | :: bansuri {m} |
| banter {n} (good humoured conversation) | :: gatzara {f} |
| banyan {n} (tropical Indian fig tree) | :: banià {m} |
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata) | :: baobab {m} |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: baptisme {m} |
| baptismal {adj} (relating to baptism) | :: baptismal |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: pila baptismal {f} |
| baptism by fire {n} (baptism of fire) SEE: baptism of fire | :: |
| baptism of fire {n} (the first experience of a severe ordeal) | :: baptisme de foc {m} |
| baptist {n} (person who baptizes) | :: baptista {m} {f} |
| Baptist {adj} (of the Baptist religious denomination) | :: baptista {m} {f} |
| baptistry {n} (space where a baptismal font is located) | :: baptisteri {m} |
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: batejar |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) SEE: fess | :: |
| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar | :: |
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises) | :: barra {f} |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| barb {n} (one of the side branches of a feather) | :: barba {f} |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Barbados {m} |
| Barbara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of female given name) | :: Bàrbara |
| barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) | :: bàrbar |
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) | :: bàrbar {m} |
| barbarian {n} (derogatory term for someone from a developing country) | :: bàrbar {m} |
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories) | :: bàrbar {m} |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: filferro espinós {m} |
| barbel {n} (fish) | :: barb {m} |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: barber {m} |
| barbican {n} (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town) | :: barbacana {f} |
| barbiturate {n} (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) | :: barbitúric {m} |
| barcarole {n} (Venetian folk song) | :: barcarola {f} |
| Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) | :: Barcelona {f} |
| Barcelonan {adj} (from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonan {n} (someone from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonian {adj} (from Barcelona) | :: barceloní |
| Barcelonian {n} (someone from Barcelona) | :: barceloní {m}, barcelonina {f} |
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: codi de barres |
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer) | :: bard {m} |
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely | :: |
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: descalç |
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: descalç |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| bareheaded {adj} (having no covering on the head) | :: descobert |
| bareheaded {adv} (with no covering on the head) | :: descobert, amb el cap descobert |
| barely {adv} (by a small margin) | :: a penes, amb prou feines |
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely | :: |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| bargain {n} (item bought at a low price) | :: ganga {f}, bicoca {f} |
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: barcassa {f} |
| Bari {prop} (town in Italy) | :: Bari |
| baritone {n} (male voice) | :: baríton {m} |
| baritone {n} (musical range) | :: baríton {m} |
| baritone {n} (person, instrument or group) | :: baríton |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} (chemical element) | :: bari {m} |
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: lladrar, bordar |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: lladruc {m} |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: escorça {f} |
| bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged) | :: bricbarca {m} {f} |
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out) | :: gos que lladra, no mossega |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: ordi {m} |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| Béarn {prop} (former viscounty) | :: Bearn |
| Barnabas {prop} (An early Christian) | :: Bernabé |
| Barnabas {prop} (male given name) | :: Bernabé |
| barnacle {n} (marine crustacean) | :: percebe {m} |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: òliba |
| bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate) | :: xocolatina {f} |
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: baròmetre {m} |
| barometric {adj} (of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure) | :: baromètric |
| baron {n} (male ruler of a barony) | :: baró {m} |
| baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) | :: baronessa {f} |
| baronial {adj} (belonging or relating to a baron) | :: baronial |
| barony {n} (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) | :: baronia {f} |
| baroque {adj} (laden with detail) | :: barroc |
| Baroque guitar {n} (archaic form of guitar from the Baroque era) | :: guitarra barroca {f} |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barque {n} (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged) | :: bricbarca {m} |
| barque {n} (poetic, any sailing vessel or boat) | :: veler {m} |
| barrack {n} (a building for soldiers) | :: caserna {f} |
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack | :: |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barracuda {n} (marine fish) | :: barracuda {f} |
| barrator {n} (who vexes others with frequent and needless lawsuits) | :: querulant {m} |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: bóta {f}, barral {m}, barril {m}, bocoi {m} |
| barrel {n} (quantity) | :: quart {m} |
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun) | :: canó {m} |
| barrel {v} (o put or to pack in a barrel or barrels) | :: embarrilar |
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) | :: piano de maneta {m} |
| barrel vault {n} (architecture) | :: volta de canó {f} |
| barricade {n} (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) | :: barricada {f} |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: barrera {f} |
| barrow {n} (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave) | :: túmul {m} |
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) | :: bàrman {m} {f} |
| Bartholin's gland {n} (gland on the vaginal orifice that secretes mucus) | :: glàndula de Bartholin {f} |
| Bartholomew {prop} (male given name) | :: Bartolomeu |
| Bartonian {prop} | :: Bartonià |
| baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle) | :: barió {m} |
| basal {adj} (relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin) | :: basal |
| basalt {n} (hard rock) | :: basalt {m} |
| bascinet {n} (light helmet) | :: bacinet {m} |
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge) | :: pont basculant {m} |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: base {f}, fonament {m} |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: base {f}, principi {m}, fonament {m} |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: base {f}, caserna {f} |
| base {n} (headquarters) | :: seu {f} |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: base {f} |
| base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety) | :: base {f} |
| base {n} (lowermost part of a column) | :: basament {m} |
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face) | :: base {f} |
| base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point) | :: basar |
| base {adj} (low) | :: baix, abjecte, vil, indigne, innoble |
| base {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: indigne, innoble |
| base {adj} (immoral) | :: immoral |
| base {adj} (vulgar, common) | :: vulgar |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| base {n} (housing of a horse) SEE: housing | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: beisbol {m} |
| baseball player {n} (a person who plays baseball) | :: jugador de beisbol {m}, beisbolista {m} {f} |
| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board | :: |
| base hit {n} ((baseball) a successful hit) | :: batada vàlida {f} |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: Basilea {f} |
| baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded | :: |
| basement {n} (floor below ground level) | :: soterrani {m} |
| baserunner {n} (player) | :: corredor {m} |
| Bashkir {adj} (of or relating to Bashkortostan or its people) | :: baixkir |
| Bashkir {n} (a Bashkir person) | :: baixkir {m} |
| Bashkir {prop} (language) | :: baixkir |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Baixkíria {f}, Baixkortostan {m} |
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| bash the bishop {v} (slang for masturbate (male)) | :: pelar-se-la, cascar |
| basic {adj} (necessary, essential for life or some process) | :: bàsic |
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) | :: bàsic |
| basically {adv} (in a fundamental or basic manner) | :: bàsicament |
| basidium {n} (small club shaped structure) | :: basidi {m} |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: alfàbrega {f}, alfàbega {f} |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: alfàbrega {f}, alfàbega {f} |
| Basil {prop} (male given name) | :: Basili {m} |
| basilean {n} (partisan of a king) SEE: royalist | :: |
| basilica {n} (Christian church building having a nave) | :: basílica {f} |
| basilisk {n} (snake-like dragon type) | :: basilisc {m} |
| basilisk {n} (type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)) | :: basilisc {m} |
| basilisk {n} (type of large brass cannon) | :: basilisc {m} |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: pica {f} |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: conca {f} |
| basin {n} (rock formation scooped out by water erosion) | :: conca {f} |
| basion {n} ((anatomy) middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull) | :: basi {m}, bàsion |
| bask {v} (to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness) | :: gaudir, disfrutar |
| basket {n} (container) | :: cistell {m}, cistella {f} |
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) | :: cistella {f} |
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) | :: cistella, bàsquet, encistellada |
| basket {n} (in basketball) | :: bàsquet {m} |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: bàsquet {m}, basquetbol {m} |
| basketball hoop {n} (a hoop use in basketball) | :: cèrcol {m} |
| basketball player {n} (person who plays basketball) | :: basquetbolista {m} {f}, jugador de basquetbol {m} |
| basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus) | :: pelegrí {m} |
| Basque {n} (language) | :: basc {m}, èuscar {m} |
| Basque {n} (member of a people) | :: basc {m}, basca {f} |
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) | :: basc |
| Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France) | :: País Basc |
| Basque Country {prop} (the region where the Basque language is spoken) | :: País Basc |
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) | :: País Basc |
| bas-relief {n} (a low or mostly-flat sculpture) | :: baix relleu {m} |
| bass drum {n} (large drum with a low pitch) | :: bombo {m} |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: Basse-Terre |
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass guitar {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: baix elèctric {m} |
| bassist {n} (musician) | :: baixista {m} {f} |
| basso continuo {n} (continuous realization of harmony) | :: baix continu {m} |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: fagot {m} |
| bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon) | :: baixó |
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bastard {n} (longsword) SEE: longsword | :: |
| bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) | :: bastard {m}, bord {m} |
| bastard {n} (mongrel) | :: bastard {m}, bord {m} |
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) | :: fill de puta {m} |
| bastard {n} (humorously: man, fellow) | :: fill de puta {m} |
| bastard {n} (informal: child that does not know his father) | :: bastard {m}, bord {m} |
| bastard {n} (variation that is not genuine) | :: bastard {m} |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) | :: bastard {m}, bord {m} |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (bad person)) | :: fill de puta {m} |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) | :: bastard {m}, bord {m} |
| bastard {adj} (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) | :: bastard {m} |
| bastard wing {n} (tuft of feathers) | :: alot {m} |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| bastion {n} (projecting part of a rampart) | :: bastió {m} |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: ratpenat {m}, ratapinyada {f}, muricec {m}; rata penada {f} |
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports) | :: bat {m} |
| batch {n} (quantity of baked goods made at one time) | :: fornada {f} |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bath {n} (room) | :: bany {m}, cambra de bany {f} |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: bany |
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) | :: banyar(-se) |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bathometer {n} (instrument) | :: batímetre {m}, batòmetre {m} |
| Bathonian {prop} | :: Bathonià |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir | :: |
| bathos {n} (anticlimax) SEE: anticlimax | :: |
| bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe) | :: barnús {m} |
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) | :: cambra de bany {f}, bany {m} |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| bath towel {n} (towel for drying the body) | :: tovallola de bany {f} |
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: banyera {f}, bany {m} |
| bathymeter {n} (bathometer) SEE: bathometer | :: |
| bathymetric {adj} (of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry) | :: batimètric |
| bathymetry {n} (the measurement of the depths of the seas) | :: batimetria {f} |
| bathyscaphe {n} (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: batiscaf {m} |
| bathysphere {n} (diving chamber) | :: batisfera {f} |
| batik {n} (A method of dyeing fabric) | :: bàtik |
| batiste {n} (fine cloth) | :: batista {f} |
| baton {n} (military staff of office) | :: porra {f} |
| baton {n} (music: conductor's stick) | :: batuta {f} |
| baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners) | :: testimoni {m} |
| baton {n} (club of the police) | :: porra {f} |
| Bats {prop} (a commune in France) | :: Vaths |
| battalion {n} (army unit) | :: batalló {m} |
| batter {v} (to coat with batter) | :: arrebossar |
| batter {n} (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) | :: batut {m} |
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball) | :: batedor {m} |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: ariet {m}, moltó {m} |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: bateria {f} |
| batting order {n} (the order in which players go to bat) | :: ordre de batuda {m} |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: batalla {f} |
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life) | :: batalla {f} |
| battle {n} ((obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion) | :: batalla {f} |
| battle {v} ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight) | :: combatre, batallar |
| battle {v} ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight) | :: batallar |
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar | :: |
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) | :: crit de guerra {m} |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: camp de batalla {m} |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battlement {n} (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) | :: cresteria {f} |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: batalla d'Anglaterra {f} |
| battle of the sexes {n} (any competition between males and females) | :: guerra de sexes {f} |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: cuirassat {m} |
| bauxite {n} (ore) | :: bauxita {f} |
| Bavaria {prop} (state) | :: Baviera |
| Bavarian {adj} (of or pertaining to Bavaria) | :: bavarès |
| Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent) | :: bavarès {m}, bavaresa {f} |
| Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) | :: bavarès {m} |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: badia {f} |
| bay {v} (to howl) | :: udolar |
| bay {n} (brown colour/color) | :: bai |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: golf de Bengala {m} |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: baioneta |
| Bayonne {prop} (city and commune of southwest France) | :: Baiona {f} |
| bazaar {n} (marketplace) | :: basar |
| bazooka {n} (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: bazuca {m} |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: aC |
| béchamel sauce {n} (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk) | :: beixamel {f} |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: ésser |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: ésser |
| be {v} (exist) | :: ésser |
| be {v} (have a certain age) | :: tenir, tindre |
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) | :: estar |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) | :: ésser |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: ésser, estar |
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice) | :: ésser |
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) | :: estar |
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) | :: fer |
| be {v} | :: ésser, estar |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: poder |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: platja {f} |
| beach volleyball {n} (sport) | :: vòlei platja |
| bead {n} (rosary ball) | :: dena {f} |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: bec {m} |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: mongeta {f}, fesol {m} |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {v} (to carry) | :: portar |
| bear {v} (to endure with patience; to be patient) | :: suportar |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: suportar |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: ós {m} |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: ós {m}, bear |
| bearable {adj} (able to be borne) | :: suportable |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: barba {f} |
| beard {v} (to grow hair on the chin and jaw) | :: barbar |
| bearded {adj} (having a beard) | :: barbut, barbat |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| beardless {adj} (without a beard) | :: barbamec |
| bearing {n} (mechanical device) | :: coixinet {m} |
| bearing {n} (nautical sense) | :: demora {f} |
| bear in mind {v} (remember, consider) | :: tenir present |
| bear out {v} (corroborate, prove, or confirm) | :: confirmar, corroborar |
| bear's breech {n} (acanthus) SEE: acanthus | :: |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: bèstia {f}, fera {f} |
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) | :: bèstia {f} |
| Beast {prop} (figure in the Book of Revelation) | :: Bèstia {f} |
| beastly {adj} (pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of a beast) | :: bestial, animal |
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) | :: bèstia {f} |
| beat {n} (pulsation) | :: batec {m} |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: batre |
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly) | :: colpejar, batre |
| beat {v} (intransitive: to strike repeatedly) | :: batre |
| beat {v} (to move with pulsation or throbbing) | :: bategar |
| beat {v} (to win against) | :: vèncer |
| beat {v} (to mix food) | :: batre |
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop | :: |
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points) | :: marejar la perdiu |
| beatification {n} (the act of beatifying) | :: beatificació {f} |
| beatify {v} (to make blissful) | :: beatificar |
| beatify {v} (to take step in declaring a person a saint) | :: beatificar |
| beating {n} (action of the verb to beat) | :: pallissa {f}, batussa |
| Beatrice {prop} (female given name) | :: Beatriu {f} |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: escala de Beaufort {f} |
| beautician {n} (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments) | :: estetista {m} {f}, esteticista {m} {f} |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: bell {m}, bella {f}, formós {m}, formósa {f}, bonic {m}, bonica {f} |
| beautifully {adv} (In a beautiful manner) | :: bellament |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: bellesa {f} |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) | :: bellesa {f} |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: concurs de bellesa {m} |
| beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians) | :: saló de bellesa |
| beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor | :: |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: castor |
| beaver {n} (coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman) | :: conillet {m} |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: néixer |
| be called {v} (to have a specific name) | :: dir-se |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: vagin amb compte , aneu amb compte , vés amb compte |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: perquè, ja que, car, puix, puix que |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: per culpa de, gràcies a |
| become {v} (to begin to be) | :: esdevenir; escaure |
| becoming {n} (The act or process by which something becomes) | :: esdevenir |
| becquerel {n} (unit of radioactive activity) | :: becquerel {m} |
| bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet | :: |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: llit |
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in) | :: llit, jaç |
| bed {n} (flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed) | :: llit, capa |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: buc (riverbed) |
| bed {v} (to put oneself to sleep) | :: anar al llit, allitar-se |
| bedbound {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: xinxa {f} |
| bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread | :: |
| bedfast {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) | :: beduí {m} |
| bedridden {adj} (confined to bed) | :: enllitat, allitat |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: dormitori {m}, cambra {f} |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: llençol {m} |
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand | :: |
| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) | :: úlcera per pressió {f} |
| bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed) | :: colxa {f}, manta {f}, vànova {f} |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: abella {f} |
| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b) | :: be {f} |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: faig |
| beech marten {n} (Martes foina) | :: fagina {f} |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: vedella {f} |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| bee fly {n} (bee fly) | :: bombílid {m} |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust | :: |
| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: arna {f}, buc {m}, casera {f}, rusc {m} |
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey) | :: arna {f}, buc {m}, casera {f}, rusc {m} |
| beekeeper {n} (someone who keeps bees) | :: apicultor {m}, abeller {m}, abellaire {m} {f} |
| beekeeping {n} (raising bees) | :: apicultura {f} |
| Beelzebub {prop} (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) | :: Belzebú {m} |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: cervesa {f}, birra {f} (dialect of Maó) |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: cervesa {f} |
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times) | :: flors i violes |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) | :: cera d'abelles {f} |
| beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) | :: remolatxa {f}, bleda-rave {f} |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: escarabat {m} |
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: remolatxa d'hort {f} |
| beetroot red {n} (a glycoside) | :: vermell de remolatxa {m} |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: abans de, abans que |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: davant |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: abans |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: abans |
| before {adv} (in advance) | :: davant |
| beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: de bestreta |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: pidolar, mendicar |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: suplicar, pregar |
| beget {v} (to beget) SEE: procreate | :: |
| beget {v} (to cause, to produce) | :: engendrar |
| beget {v} (to procreate) | :: concebre |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: mendicant {m} {f}, captaire {m} {f} |
| Beghard {n} (one of an association of religious laymen) | :: begard {m} |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: començar, iniciar |
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started) | :: principiant {m} {f} |
| beginning {n} (act of doing that which begins anything) | :: començament {m}, inici {m}, principi {m} |
| begonia {n} (plants of the genus Begonia) | :: begònia {f} |
| begrime {v} (make dirty) | :: ensutzar |
| beguile {v} (to deceive or delude (using guile)) | :: embetumar, enganyar |
| beguile {v} (charm, delight) | :: captivar |
| beguinage {n} (walled community of Beguines) | :: beguinatge {m} |
| Beguine {n} | :: beguí {m} |
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: conducta {f}, comportament {m} |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: comportament {m} |
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior) | :: conductisme {m} |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behead {v} (to remove the head) | :: decapitar |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| Behçet's disease {n} (multi-system disorder) | :: síndrome de Behçet {f}, malaltia de Behçet {f} |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: darrere |
| behind {prep} | :: darrera de |
| behind {adv} (at the back part; in the rear) | :: darrere |
| behold {v} (to see, to look at) | :: mirar, vigilar |
| beige {n} (colour) | :: beix {m} |
| beige {adj} (having a slightly yellowish gray colour) | :: beix |
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China) | :: Pequín |
| Beijinger {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {adj} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| being {n} (a living creature) | :: ésser {m} |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: ésser {m} |
| Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) | :: Beirut |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: Bielorússia {f}, Bielarús {m} |
| Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus) | :: belarús, bielorús |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: belarús, bielorús |
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent) | :: bielorús {m}, bielorussa {f}, belarús {m}, belarussa {f} |
| belch {v} (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth) | :: rotar |
| belch {n} (sound one makes when belching) | :: rot |
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: belga {m} {f} |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: belga |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people) | :: belga |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: pastor belga {m} |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Bèlgica {f} |
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) | :: Belgrad |
| belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: creença {f} |
| belief {n} (something believed) | :: creença {f} |
| belief {n} (the quality or state of believing) | :: creença {f} |
| belief {n} (religious faith) | :: creença {f} |
| believability {n} (state or quality of being believable) | :: credibilitat {f} |
| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible) | :: creïble |
| believably {adv} (in a believable way) | :: creïblement |
| believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: creure |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: creure |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: creient {m} {f} |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: Belize {m} |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: campana {f} |
| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities | :: |
| bell-gable {n} (an architectural element) | :: espadanya {f} |
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger | :: |
| bellicosity {n} (characteristic of being bellicose) | :: bel·licositat {f} |
| bellow {n} (the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise) | :: rugit, bramul {m} |
| bellows {n} (air blower) | :: manxa {f} |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: pebrot {m} |
| bell tower {n} (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry) | :: campanar {m}, campanil |
| belly {n} (abdomen) | :: buc {m}, abdomen {m}, panxa {f}, ventre |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: pertànyer |
| beloved {adj} (loved) | :: estimat {m}, estimada {f} |
| below {prep} (lower in spatial position than) | :: sota |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: sota |
| below {adv} (farther down) | :: ensota |
| below {adv} (of a temperature: below zero) | :: sota |
| belowstairs {adv} (downstairs) SEE: downstairs | :: |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: cinturó {m} |
| belt {n} (band used for safety purposes) | :: cinturó {m} |
| belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power) | :: corretja {f} |
| belt {n} (powerful blow) | :: cop {f} |
| belt {n} (geographical region) | :: regió {f} |
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road | :: |
| beluga {n} (fish, Huso huso) | :: esturió beluga {m} |
| bemuse {v} (to confuse or bewilder) | :: destarotar, desconcertar |
| bench {n} (long seat) | :: banc {m} |
| bench {n} (sports: where players sit when not playing) | :: banqueta {f} |
| bench {n} (flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, masonry work or similar) | :: banqueta {f} |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| bend {v} (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission) | :: inclinar-se |
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: banda {f} |
| bend down {v} (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position) | :: acotar |
| bend over backwards {v} (make a great effort) | :: fer mans i mànigues |
| bend sinister {n} (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left) | :: barra {f} |
| beneath {adv} (below or underneath) | :: sota |
| beneath {prep} (below) | :: sota |
| Benedict {prop} (male given name) | :: Benet |
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun) | :: benedictí {m} |
| Benedictine {adj} (of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia) | :: benedictí |
| Benedictine {adj} (of or pertaining to the Benedictine Order) | :: benedictí |
| benefactor {n} (on who gives gifts or help) | :: benefactor {m} |
| beneficial {adj} (helpful or good to something or someone) | :: beneficiós |
| beneficiary {n} (one who receives an advantage) | :: beneficiari {m} |
| beneficiary {n} (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) | :: beneficiari {m} |
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) | :: benefici {m} |
| benefit {n} (performance given to raise funds) | :: benefici {m} |
| benefit {v} (to be or provide a benefit to) | :: beneficiar |
| benefit {v} (to receive a benefit) | :: beneficiar |
| Benevento {prop} (capital of Benevento province) | :: Benevent {f} |
| benevolence {n} (disposition to do good) | :: benevolència {f} |
| benevolent {adj} (having a disposition to do good) | :: benèvol |
| benevolent {adj} (altruistic or charitable) | :: benèfic |
| benevolently {adv} (in a benevolent manner) | :: benèvolament |
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) | :: Bengala |
| Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal) | :: bengalí |
| Bengali {n} (person from Bengal) | :: bengalí {m} {f} |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: bengalí {m} |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: tigre de Bengala {m} |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: Bengasi |
| benign {adj} (kind, gentle, mild) | :: benigne |
| benign {adj} ((medicine) not posing any serious threat to health) | :: benigne |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: Benín {m} |
| Beninese {n} (person) | :: beninès {m} |
| Beninese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Benin) | :: beninès |
| benitoite {n} (mineral) | :: benitoïta {f} |
| Benjamin {prop} (the youngest son of Jacob) | :: Benjamí {m} |
| Benjamin {prop} (male given name) | :: Benjamí {m} |
| bent {adj} (folded) | :: tort |
| bent {n} (area) SEE: grassland | :: |
| benthopelagic {adj} (both benthic and pelagic) | :: bentopelàgic |
| bentonite {n} | :: bentonita {f} |
| benumb {v} (deaden) SEE: deaden | :: |
| benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6) | :: benzè {m} |
| benzene {n} (the phenyl group) SEE: phenyl | :: |
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene | :: |
| benzo- {prefix} (containing benzene) | :: benzo- |
| benzodiazepine {n} (any of a class of psychoactive drugs) | :: benzodiazepina {f} |
| benzoic acid {n} (white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH) | :: àcid benzoic {m} |
| benzoin {n} (resinous substance from tree) | :: benjuí {m} |
| benzyl {n} (chemical compound) | :: benzil {m} |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group) | :: berber |
| Berber {prop} (a group of closely related languages) | :: berber, amazic |
| Berber {adj} (of the Berber people) | :: berber, amazic |
| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death) | :: dol {m} |
| Berengar {prop} (a male given name of historical usage) | :: Berenguer, Berengari |
| Bergamo {prop} (province of Italy) | :: Bèrgam |
| Bergamo {prop} (city and capital of Bergamo) | :: Bèrgam |
| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) | :: beri-beri {m} |
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) | :: berkeli {m} |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: Berlín |
| Berliner {n} (native or inhabitant of Berlin) | :: berlinès {m}, berlinesa {f} |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: mur de Berlín {m} |
| Bermuda {prop} (island group) | :: Bermudes |
| Bern {prop} (city) | :: Berna {f} |
| Bern {prop} (canton) | :: Berna |
| Bernard {prop} (male given name) | :: Bernat |
| berry {n} (small fruit) | :: baia {f} |
| berth {n} (bunk) | :: camarot {m} |
| Bertram {prop} (male given name) | :: Bertran {m} |
| beryl {n} (gem) | :: beril {m} |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: beril·li {m} |
| beryllonite {n} (mineral) | :: beril·lonita {f} |
| beseech {v} (to beg) | :: pregar |
| beset {v} (to attack, especially from all sides) | :: assetjar |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| besides {adv} (also; in addition) | :: a més |
| besides {adv} (moreover; furthermore) | :: a més a més |
| besides {adv} (otherwise; else) | :: d'altra banda |
| besiege {v} (to surround with armed forces) | :: assetjar |
| best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) | :: el millor |
| best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend) | :: millor amic {m}, millor amiga {f} |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: bestialitat {f} |
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) | :: bestiari {m} |
| bestow {v} (to lay up in store) | :: estibar, depositar, emmagatzemar |
| bestow {v} (to provide with accommodation) | :: allotjar |
| bestow {v} (to present a thing as a gift or honour) | :: atorgar, conferir, concedir |
| bestow {v} (to make use of) | :: fer servir, utilitzar |
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) | :: atentament, respectuosament, cordialment |
| bestride {v} (dominate) SEE: dominate | :: |
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) | :: best-seller {m} |
| bet {n} (a wager) | :: aposta {f}, juguesca {f} |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: apostar |
| bet {v} (to be sure of something) | :: apostar |
| beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: beta {f} |
| betafite {n} (mineral) | :: betafita {f} |
| betanin {n} (the glycoside also known as beetroot red) | :: betanin {m} |
| betatron {n} (a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed) | :: betatró {m} |
| betel {n} (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut) | :: bètel {m} |
| beth {n} (Aramaic and Hebrew letter) | :: bet {f} |
| beth {n} (Phoenician letter) | :: bet {f} |
| beth {n} (Syriac letter) | :: bet {f} |
| Bethesda {prop} (pool in Jerusalem) | :: Betesda |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: Betlem |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: trair |
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous) | :: trair |
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret) | :: trair |
| betray {v} (to lead astray, as a maiden) | :: trair |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| betrothed {n} (fiancé or fiancée) | :: promès {m}, promesa {f} |
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: millor |
| better {v} (to improve) | :: millorar |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: més val tard que no mai |
| Betty {prop} (female name) | :: Bet |
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: entre |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (in a difficult and inescapable position) | :: entre l'espasa i la paret (between the sword and the wall) |
| bevel {n} (An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle) | :: bisell {m} |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: beguda {f} |
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell) | :: embruixar |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown | :: |
| beyond {prep} (further away than) | :: enllà |
| beyond {prep} (on the far side of) | :: dellà |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| bezant {n} (coin minted at Byzantium) | :: besant {m} |
| bezant {n} (heraldic representation of a gold coin) | :: besant {m} |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: Bhutan {m} |
| Bhutanese {n} (person from Bhutan) | :: bhutanès {m} |
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan) | :: bhutanès |
| bi- {prefix} (two-) | :: bi- |
| biannual {adj} (occurring every two years) SEE: biennial | :: |
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy | :: |
| bias {n} (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) | :: biaix {m} |
| bias {n} | :: tendència {f}, prejudici {m}, predisposició {f} |
| biased {adj} (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) | :: esbiaixat, tendenciós, parcial |
| biathlon {n} (winter sport) | :: biatló {m} |
| bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) | :: pitet {m} |
| bib {n} (sports: colourful vest) | :: peto {m} |
| bib {n} (Trisopterus luscus) SEE: pouting | :: |
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: Bíblia {f} |
| biblical {adj} (of or relating to the Bible) | :: bíblic |
| biblically {adv} (in a biblical manner) | :: bíblicament |
| bibliographic {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliography) | :: bibliogràfic |
| bibliography {n} (section of a written work) | :: bibliografia {f} |
| bibliography {n} (list of books or documents) | :: bibliografia {f} |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| bibliophile {n} (person who loves books) | :: bibliòfil {m} |
| bicameral {adj} (having two separate legislative chambers) | :: bicameral |
| bicarbonate {n} (chemistry) | :: bicarbonat {m} |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: bicicleta {f} |
| bicycle kick {n} (kick) | :: xilena {f} |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: bidet {m} |
| Biella {prop} (city and capital of Biella) | :: Biella |
| biennial {adj} (happening every two years) | :: biennal, bianual |
| biface {n} (tool) | :: bifaç {m} |
| bifurcation {n} (biology: division into two branches) | :: bifurcació {f} |
| bifurcation {n} (any place where one divides into two) | :: bifurcació {f} |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: gran, gros |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: gran |
| bigamist {n} (someone who practices bigamy) | :: bígam {m} |
| bigamy {n} (state of having two spouses simultaneously) | :: bigàmia {f} |
| bigamy {n} (second marriage after the death of a spouse) | :: bigàmia {f} |
| Big Apple {prop} (nickname for New York City) | :: Gran Poma {f} |
| big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother | :: |
| Bigfoot {n} (unidentified yeti-like animal) | :: Peus grans {m} |
| Big Mac {n} (burger) | :: Big Mec {m} |
| bigmouthed {adj} (loud, talkative, indiscreet) | :: bocut |
| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister | :: |
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) | :: hàl·lux {m} |
| Bihar {prop} (a state in eastern India) | :: Bihar |
| Bihari {prop} (A group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Bihar and the surrounding states in India.) | :: bihari {m} |
| bike {n} (bicycle) | :: bici {f} |
| bike {n} (motorcycle) | :: moto {f} |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bikini {n} (bathing suit) | :: biquini {m} |
| bilabial {adj} (articulated with both lips) | :: bilabial |
| bilabial {n} (a speech sound articulated with both lips) | :: bilabial {f} |
| bilateral {adj} (having two sides) | :: bilateral |
| bilateral {adj} (binding on both parties to an agreement) | :: bilateral |
| bilateral {adj} (having bilateral symmetry) | :: bilateral |
| bilateral {adj} (involving descent or ascent regardless of sex and side of the family) | :: bilateral |
| Bilbao {prop} (city of northern Spain) | :: Bilbao |
| Bilbaoan {adj} (from Bilbao) | :: bilbaí |
| Bilbaoan {n} (someone from Bilbao) | :: bilbaí {m} |
| bilberry {n} (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry) | :: nabiu {m} |
| bilberry {n} (the shrub of this plant) | :: nabinera {f} |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: bilis {f}, fel {m} {f} |
| bilge {n} (lowest inner part of a ship's hull) | :: sentina {f} |
| bilge {n} (nonsense) | :: estirabot {m} |
| bilgewater {n} (slang: nonsense) | :: estirabot {m} |
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) | :: bilingüe |
| bilingual {adj} (written in two languages) | :: bilingüe |
| bilingual {n} (a person who is bilingual) | :: bilingüe {m} {f} |
| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual) | :: bilingüisme {m} |
| -bility {suffix} | :: -bilitat {f} |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: bec {m} |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: factura {f}, compte {m} |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billiards {n} (a cue sport) | :: billar {m} |
| billiard table {n} (table used for playing billiards etc.) | :: taula de billar {f} |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: mil milió , miliard {m} , mil milions {m} |
| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) | :: bilió |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: boc {m}, cabró {m} |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bilocation {n} (paranormal ability) | :: bilocació |
| bimolecular {adj} (involving two molecules) | :: bimolecular |
| bimonthly {adv} (once every two months) | :: bimestral |
| binary {adj} (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off) | :: binari |
| binary {adj} (logic states) | :: binari |
| binary {adj} (using binary number system) | :: binari |
| binary {adj} (equal importance) | :: binari |
| binary {adj} (having two parts) | :: binari |
| binary {adj} (not ASCII) | :: binari |
| binary code {n} (code that uses binary digits) | :: codi binari {m} |
| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass) | :: estrella binària |
| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary tree {n} (a data structure) | :: arbre binari {m} |
| bind {v} (transitive connect) | :: lligar |
| bind {v} (transitive put together in a cover, as of books) | :: enquadernar, relligar |
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) | :: trastorn per afartament |
| bingo {n} (game of chance) | :: bingo {m} |
| bingo {interj} (when finding something) | :: premi! |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: binocles {m} |
| binomial {adj} (consisting of two parts) | :: binomial |
| binomial {n} (algebra: polynomial with two terms) | :: binomi {m} |
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts) | :: nomenclatura binomial {f} |
| bio- {prefix} (life) | :: bio- |
| bioaerosol {n} (aerosol containing biologically active...) | :: bioaerosol {m} |
| biobank {n} (any of several types of repository of material) | :: biobanc {m} |
| biocenosis {n} (biocoenosis) SEE: biocoenosis | :: |
| biochemical {adj} (of or relating to biochemistry) | :: bioquímic |
| biochemical {adj} (involving chemical processes in living organisms) | :: bioquímic |
| biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) | :: bioquímic {m}, bioquímica {f} |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: bioquímica {f} |
| biocide {n} (any substance that can destroy living organisms) | :: biocida {m} |
| biocoenology {n} (study of bioceonosis) | :: biocenologia {f} |
| biocoenosis {n} (community of organisms) | :: biocenosi {f} |
| biodegradable {adj} (capable of being decomposed by biological activity) | :: biodegradable |
| biodegradation {n} (decomposition of any material by microorganisms) | :: biodegradació {f} |
| biodiversity {n} (diversity of flora and fauna) | :: biodiversitat {f} |
| bioethics {n} (branch of ethics) | :: bioètica {f} |
| biogas {n} (gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel) | :: biogàs {m} |
| biogenesis {n} (principle) | :: biogènesi {f} |
| biogenesis {n} (biosynthesis) SEE: biosynthesis | :: |
| biographer {n} (the writer of a biography) | :: biògraf {m} |
| biographic {adj} (biographical) SEE: biographical | :: |
| biographical {adj} (relating to an account of a person's life) | :: biogràfic |
| biography {n} (personal life story) | :: biografia {f} |
| biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological | :: |
| biological {n} (of biology) | :: biològic |
| biologically {adv} (with regard to biology) | :: biològicament |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: biòleg {m}, biòloga {f} |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: biologia {f} |
| bioluminescence {n} (emission of light by a living organism) | :: bioluminescència {f} |
| bioluminescent {adj} (exhibiting bioluminescence) | :: bioluminescent |
| biomagnetism {n} (production or detection of a magnetic field) | :: biomagnetisme {m} |
| biome {n} (biological community) | :: bioma {m} |
| biomechanics {n} (branch of biophysics) | :: biomecànica {f} |
| biomechanics {n} (the functioning of a particular part of a body) | :: biomecànica {f} |
| biomedicine {n} (a branch of medical science) | :: biomedicina {f} |
| biometric {adj} (of, pertaining to or using biometrics) | :: biomètric |
| biometry {n} (analysis of biological statistical data) | :: biometria {f} |
| biomolecule {n} (molecules) | :: biomolècula {f} |
| bionic ear {n} (cochlear implant) SEE: cochlear implant | :: |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: biofísica {f} |
| biopsy {n} (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes) | :: biòpsia {f} |
| bioremediation {n} (use of biological organisms to remove contaminants) | :: bioremediació {f} |
| biospeleology {n} | :: biospeleologia {f} |
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life) | :: biosfera {f} |
| biostratigraphic {adj} | :: biostratigràfic |
| biostratigraphy {n} (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) | :: biostratigrafia {f} |
| biosynthesis {n} (synthesis of organic compounds) | :: biosíntesi {f} |
| biotechnology {n} (use of living organisms in industrial, agricultural, medical applications) | :: biotecnologia {f} |
| biotechnology {n} (application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences) | :: biotecnologia {f} |
| biotic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms) | :: biòtic |
| biotin {n} (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) | :: biotina {f} |
| biotite {n} (dark brown mica) | :: biotita {f} |
| biotoxin {n} (toxin produced by a living organism) | :: biotoxina {f} |
| bioturbation {n} (the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms) | :: bioturbació {m} |
| bipartite {adj} (having two parts) | :: bipartit |
| bipedal {adj} (having two feet or two legs) | :: bípede |
| bipedalism {n} (habit of standing and walking on two feet) | :: bipedisme {m} |
| biphenyl {n} (organic compound) | :: bifenil {m} |
| bipolar {adj} (involving both poles) | :: bipolar {m} {f} |
| bipolar {adj} (relating to or having bipolar disorder) | :: bipolar {m} {f} |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: trastorn bipolar |
| bipolarity {n} (state of being bipolar) | :: bipolaritat {f} |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: bedoll {m} |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: au {m} , ocell {m}, aucell {m} |
| bird {n} (woman) | :: noia {f} |
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus) | :: gazerí {m} |
| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary | :: |
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock | :: |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| bird of ill omen {n} | :: ocell de mal averany {m} |
| birdwatching {n} (observing wild birds) | :: observació d'aus {f}, albirament d'aus {m} |
| biretta {n} (square cap) | :: birreta {f} |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: naixença {f} |
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth) | :: part {m} |
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin) | :: part {m}, naixença {f} |
| birth {n} (circumstances of one's background) | :: naixença {f} |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: certificat de naixement {m} |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: aniversari {m}, natalici {m} |
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) | :: festa d'aniversari {f} |
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness) | :: vestit d'Adam {m} |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: marca de naixença {f} |
| birthplace {n} (location where a person is born) | :: lloc de naixement {m} |
| Biscay {prop} (province of Spain) | :: Biscaia {f} |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: galeta {f} |
| bisector {n} (A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts) | :: bisectriu {f} |
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: bisexual |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: bisexual |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| bisexuality {n} (psychology) | :: bisexualitat {f} |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: bisbe {m} |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: alfil {m} |
| bishopric {n} (diocese) | :: bisbat {m} |
| bismite {n} (mineral) | :: bismita {f} |
| bismuth {n} (chemical element) | :: bismut {m} |
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: bisó {m} |
| bisque {n} (thick creamy soup) | :: bisque {f} |
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bistro {n} (small restaurant) | :: bistrot |
| bisyllabic {adj} (comprising two syllables) SEE: disyllabic | :: |
| bit {n} (metal in horse's mouth) | :: mos {m} |
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little) | :: mica {f}, poquet {m} |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time) | :: a poc a poc |
| bitch {n} (female canine) | :: gossa {f} |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: mossegar |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: mossegada {f} |
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much) | :: qui molt abraça, poc estreny, qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny |
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation) | :: empassar-se el gripau |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: Bitola {f} |
| bitstock {n} (drill bit-carrying crank for boring holes) | :: filaberquí {m} |
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) | :: amarg |
| bitterly {adv} (in a bitter manner) | :: amargament |
| bitterness {n} (quality of being bitter in taste) | :: amargor {f}, amargura {f}, amarguesa {f} |
| bitterness {n} (quality of feeling bitter) | :: amargor {f}, amargura {f}, amarguesa {f} |
| bittersweet {adj} (both bitter and sweet) | :: agredolç |
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure) | :: agredolç |
| bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara) | :: dolçamara {f} |
| bitter vetch {n} (Vicia ervilia) | :: er {m}, erb {m} |
| bivalve {n} (Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia) | :: bivalve {m} |
| bivouac {n} (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) | :: bivac {m} |
| bivouac sack {n} (waterproof fabric shell designed to slip over a sleeping bag) | :: sac de bivac {m} |
| biwa {n} (lute) | :: biwa {m} |
| biweekly {adv} (every two weeks) | :: cada dues setmanes, quinzenal |
| biweekly {adv} (twice a week) | :: dos cops per setmana |
| bixin {n} (an apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto) | :: bixina {f} |
| bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) | :: estrany, estrafolari |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| blab {v} (tell tales) | :: xafardejar |
| blabber {v} (to let out a secret) | :: xafardejar |
| blabber {n} (A person who blabs) | :: xafarder |
| blabbermouth {n} (gossip) | :: bocamoll {m} |
| blabbermouth {n} (chatterbox) SEE: chatterbox | :: |
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: negre |
| black {adj} (without light) | :: fosc |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: negre |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: negre {m} |
| black {n} (dye, pigment) | :: negre {m} |
| black {n} (dark-skinned person) | :: negre {m}, negra {f} |
| black bear {n} (American black bear) | :: ós negre americà {m}, baribal {m} |
| black bear {n} (Asiatic black bear) | :: ós del Tibet {m} |
| blackberry {n} (shrub) | :: esbarzer {m} |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: móra {f} |
| blackberry winter {n} (period of cold weather around March, April or May) | :: sants de glaç |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: merla {f}, tord negre {m} |
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: pissarra {f} |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: caixa negra {f} |
| blackcap {n} (Sylvia atricapilla) | :: tallarol de casquet {m} |
| black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus) | :: mallerenga capnegra americana |
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher | :: |
| black cat {n} (black-furred cat) | :: gat negre {m} |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: martinet de nit {m} |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: pesta Negra {f} |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| blacken {v} (make black) | :: ennegrir |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant) | :: fesolet {m} |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: Selva Negra {f} |
| Black Friday {prop} (day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day) | :: divendres negre |
| black goby {n} (fish) | :: burro {m} |
| black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix) | :: gall de cua forcada |
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) | :: gavina vulgar {f} |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: forat negre {m} |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| blackish {adj} (somewhat black) | :: negrós, negrenc |
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite | :: |
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) | :: gavina cuaforcada {f} |
| black locust {n} (Robinia pseudoacacia) | :: acàcia borda {f} |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: màgia negra {f} |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: xantatge {m} |
| blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) | :: xantatgista {m} {f} |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: mercat negre {m} |
| blackness {n} (state or quality of being black) | :: negror {f} |
| blackness {n} (result or product) | :: negror {f} |
| black olive {n} (olive picked after it has ripened) | :: oliva negra {f} |
| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure) | :: apagada {f} |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: pebre negre {m} |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: rinoceront negre |
| black salsify {n} (Scorzonera hispanica) | :: escurçonera {f} |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: Mar Negra {f} |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: camisa negra {f}, esquadrista {m} {f} |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: ferrer {m} |
| black tea {n} (tea leaves which have been "fermented") | :: te negre {m} |
| blackthorn {n} (Prunus spinosa) | :: aranyó {m}, aranyoner |
| blackthorn winter {n} (blackberry winter) SEE: blackberry winter | :: |
| black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus) | :: zopilot {m}, urubú {m} |
| black walnut {n} (Juglans nigra tree) | :: noguera negra {f} |
| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) | :: vídua negra {f} |
| black widow {n} (a murderous woman) | :: vídua negra {f} |
| black woodpecker {n} (Dryocopus martius) | :: picot negre |
| bladder {n} (flexible sac in zoology) | :: bufeta {f}, veixiga {f} |
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder | :: |
| bladderpod {n} (Lobelia inflata, indian tobacco, Puke weed) | :: tabac indi |
| Blagoevgrad {prop} (town in Bulgaria) | :: Blagòevgrad {m} |
| Blaise {prop} (male given name) | :: Blai {m} |
| blame {n} (state of having caused a bad event) | :: culpa {f} |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: culpar |
| blame {n} (censure) SEE: censure | :: |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| blameworthy {adj} (deserving blame of censure) | :: culpable |
| Blanche {prop} (female given name) | :: Blanca |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: manta {f} |
| blaspheme {v} (to speak against God or religious doctrine) | :: blasfemar |
| blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) | :: blasfemador {m}, blasfem {m} |
| blasphemous {adj} (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) | :: blasfem |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: blasfèmia {f} |
| -blast {suffix} (an immature cell or tissue) | :: -blast {m} |
| blatant {adj} (obvious, on show) | :: flagrant |
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| blaze {n} (fast-burning fire) | :: flamarada {f} |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: blanquejar |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: lleixiu {m} |
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators) | :: graderies {f-p} |
| bleak {adj} (desolate and exposed) | :: desolat, erm |
| bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat) | :: bel {m} |
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) | :: belar |
| blech {interj} (gagging sound of disgust) | :: ecs |
| bleed {v} (lose blood) | :: sagnar |
| bleed {v} (draw blood) | :: sagnar, dessagnar |
| bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss) | :: dessagnar-se |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blend {n} (mixture) | :: mescla {f} |
| blende {n} (sphalerite) SEE: sphalerite | :: |
| blender {n} (machine) | :: batidora {f} |
| blenny {n} (fish of Blenniodei) | :: bavosa {f} |
| blepharitis {n} (inflammation of the eyelid) | :: blefaritis {f} |
| bless {v} (confer blessing on) | :: beneir |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: benedicció {f} |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: Jesús, salut, múse |
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish | :: |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: cec, orb |
| blind {adj} (failing to see) | :: cec |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: persiana {f} (made of slats) |
| blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind) | :: cegar |
| blind alley {n} (course of inquiry) SEE: impasse | :: |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blind date {n} (romantic meeting between two people who have never met before, see also: miai) | :: cita a cegues {f} |
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) | :: bena |
| blindfolded {adj} (wearing a blindfold) | :: embenat |
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum | :: |
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| blindly {adv} (sightlessly) | :: cegament, a cegues |
| blindly {adv} (without consideration or question) | :: cegament, a cegues |
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) | :: gallina cega {f} |
| blindness {n} (condition of being blind) | :: ceguesa {f} |
| blind spot {n} (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) | :: punt cec {m} |
| blindworm {n} (slowworm) SEE: slowworm | :: |
| blip {n} (small dot registered on electronic equipment) | :: parpelleig {m} |
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin) | :: butllofa {f} |
| blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) | :: torb {m}, rufaga {f} |
| block {n} (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: cub {m}, bloc {m} |
| block {n} (group of buildings demarcated by streets) | :: illa {f} |
| block {n} (distance from one street to another) | :: illa {f} |
| block {n} (sports: action to interfere) | :: bloqueig {m} |
| block {n} (volleyball: defensive play) | :: bloqueig {m} |
| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass) | :: bloquejar, blocar |
| block {v} (to prevent passing) | :: bloquejar, blocar |
| block {v} (to prevent an action) | :: bloquejar, blocar |
| block {v} (to impede opponent) | :: bloquejar, blocar |
| blockade {n} (the isolation of something) | :: bloqueig {m} |
| blockade {v} (to create a blockade against) | :: bloquejar |
| blockchain {n} (shared record) | :: cadena de blocs {f} |
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) | :: blog {m} |
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog) | :: bloguer {m}, bloguera {f} |
| blond {adj} (having blond hair) | :: ros |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: ros {m} |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: sang {f} |
| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings) | :: sang {f} |
| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) | :: banc de sang {m} |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: bany de sang {m} |
| blood clot {n} | :: coàgul {m} |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| bloodhound {n} (dog) | :: gos coniller {m} |
| bloodily {adv} (in a bloody manner) | :: cruentament |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: pressió arterial {f}, pressió venosa {f}, tensió arterial {f}, tensió sanguínia {f} |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: anàlisi de sang {f} |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: grup sanguini {m} |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: vas sanguini {m} |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody {adj} (covered in blood) | :: sagnant |
| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed) | :: sagnant |
| bloody {adj} (intensifier) | :: maleït |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {n} (delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves) | :: pruïna {f} |
| blossom {n} (flowers on trees) | :: flor {f} |
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers) | :: floració {f} |
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms) | :: florir |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blow {v} (to produce an air current) | :: bufar |
| blow {v} (to fellate) | :: llepar |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: cop {m} |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: cop {m} |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowgun {n} (weapon) | :: sarbatana |
| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio) | :: francès {m}, mamada {f} |
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose) | :: mocar-se |
| blow out {v} (extinguish) | :: apagar |
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun | :: |
| blow smoke {v} (idiomatic) | :: marejar la perdiu |
| blowtorch {n} (tool) | :: bufador {m} |
| blucher {n} (sturdy laced leather half-boot) | :: blútxer |
| bludgeon {v} (to club, hit with a bludgeon) | :: bastonejar, colpejar, atupar, garrotejar, apallissar |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: blau |
| blue {adj} (pornographic) | :: verd |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (bluefish) SEE: bluefish | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| bluebell {n} (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) | :: jacint dels boscos |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: nabiu {m}, mirtil {m} |
| blueberry {n} (plant) | :: nabinera {f}, mirtil {m} |
| bluebird {n} (bird of Sialia) | :: siàlid {m} |
| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower | :: |
| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes) | :: ullblau |
| bluefish {n} (Pomatomus saltatrix) | :: tallahams {m} |
| blue-green {adj} (color between blue and green) | :: blauverd {m} |
| blue jeans {n} (denim trousers, see also: jeans) | :: texans {m-p} |
| blueness {n} (quality or characteristic of being blue) | :: blavor {f} |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: Pantalla Blava de la Mort {f} |
| blue shark {n} (long blue shark) | :: tintorera {f} |
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate | :: |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| blue supergiant {n} (a large blue giant) | :: supergegant blava {f} |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: cotxa blava {f}, pitblau {m} |
| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) | :: rorqual blau {m}, balena blava {f} |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: cucaburra d'ales blaves {m} |
| bluish {adj} (somewhat blue in color) | :: blavós, blavenc, blavís |
| blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) | :: trabuc |
| blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: rom |
| blunt {n} (cigar filled with marijuana) | :: porro {m}, peta {m} |
| blur {v} (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim) | :: difuminar, esborrar |
| blurb {n} (a short description of a book, film, or other work) | :: sinopsi {f} |
| blurred {adj} (Out of focus) | :: borrós |
| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: borrós |
| blurt {v} (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) | :: etzibar |
| blurt out {v} (blurt) SEE: blurt | :: |
| blush {n} (makeup) | :: coloret {m} |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: posar-se vermell, tornar-se vermell, enrojolar-se |
| boa {n} (snake) | :: boa {f} |
| boa {n} (scarf) | :: boà {m} |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| boar {n} (male pig) | :: verro {m} |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: post {f}, tauler {m} |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: mesa {f}, junta {f} |
| board {n} (side of a ship) | :: bord {m} |
| board {v} (to step or climb onto) | :: embarcar, pujar |
| boarder {n} (pupil who lives at school during term) | :: intern {m} |
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging) | :: pensionista {m} |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: joc de tauler {m} |
| boarding {n} (ice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards) | :: càrrega contra la tanca {f} |
| boards {n} (structure around a rink) | :: tanca {f} |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: vanar-se, vantar-se |
| boastful {adj} (tending to boast or brag) | :: vanagloriós |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: vaixell {m}, barca {f} |
| boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole) | :: bitxero {m}, gafa {f} |
| boat lift {n} (mechanism) | :: elevador de vaixells {m} |
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard | :: |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) | :: linx roig {m} |
| bobolink {n} (songbird) | :: bobolinc {m} |
| bocal {n} (metal tube connecting a double reed to the instrument) | :: tudell {m} |
| bocce {n} (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) | :: boccia {f} |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bodge {v} (do a clumsy or inelegant job) SEE: botch | :: |
| bodhi tree {n} (Indian fig tree) SEE: sacred fig | :: |
| bodily {adj} (relating to the body) | :: corporal, corpori |
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) | :: humor {m} |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: cos {m} |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: cos {m}, cadàver {m} |
| body {n} (torso) | :: cos {m} |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: carrosseria {f} , buc {m} |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: cos |
| body {n} (collection of knowledge) | :: cos {m} |
| bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) | :: culturista {m} {f} |
| bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development) | :: culturisme {m} |
| bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: guardaespatlles {m} {f} |
| body of water {n} (significant accumulation of water) | :: cos d'aigua {m} |
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) | :: part del cos {f} |
| bodywork {n} (exterior body of a motor vehicle) | :: buc {m} |
| Boeotia {prop} (a district in Greece) | :: Beòcia {f} |
| Boeotian {adj} (pertaining to Boeotia) | :: beoci |
| Boeotian {n} (inhabitant of Boeotia) | :: beoci {m} |
| bog {n} (expanse of marshland) | :: aiguamoll {m} |
| bog down {v} (to cause to become stuck) | :: empantanar |
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bogeyman {n} (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories) | :: home del sac {m}, papu {m} |
| boggle {v} (to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused) | :: confondre's, estar confós |
| boggy {adj} (having the qualities of a bog) | :: pantanós |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota | :: |
| Bogota {prop} (capital of Colombia) | :: Bogotà |
| Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic) | :: Bohèmia {f} |
| bohemian {n} (unconventional person) | :: bohemi {m}, bohèmia {f} |
| bohemian {adj} (unconventional) | :: bohemi |
| Bohemian {n} (native or resident of Bohemia) | :: bohemi {m}, bohèmia {f} |
| Bohemian {n} (Romani) | :: bohemi {m}, bohèmia {f}, bohemià {m}, bohemiana {f} |
| Bohemian {adj} (of, or relating to Bohemia or its language) | :: bohemi |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| bohrium {n} (chemical element) | :: bohri {m} |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: bullir |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: bullir |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) | :: ou bullit {m} |
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) | :: ou bullit {m}, ou dur {m} |
| boiler suit {n} (one-piece suit) | :: granota {f} |
| boiling {adj} (that boil(s)) | :: bullent |
| boiling point {n} (temperature at which a liquid boils) | :: punt d’ebullició {m} |
| boisterous {adj} (full of energy; noisy) | :: sorollós, escandalós |
| bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: bokeh {m} |
| Bokmål {n} (language) | :: bokmål {m} |
| bold {adj} (courageous, daring) | :: agosarat |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: negreta {f} |
| bolide {n} (extremely bright meteor) | :: bòlid {m} |
| Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela {prop} (official name of Venezuela) | :: República Bolivariana de Veneçuela {f} |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Bolívia {f} |
| Bolivian {n} (Bolivian person) | :: bolivià {m}, boliviana {f} |
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia) | :: bolivià |
| bollard {n} (post to secure mooring lines) | :: norai {m} |
| bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) | :: bol·lard {m} |
| bollocks {n} (testicles) | :: collons {m-p} |
| Bologna {prop} (city) | :: Bolonya {f} |
| Bolognese {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) | :: bolonyès |
| Bolognian {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) SEE: Bolognese | :: |
| bolometer {n} (a device for measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation) | :: bolòmetre {m} |
| Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) | :: bolxevic {m} {f} |
| Bolshevism {n} (Communist political ideology) | :: bolxevisme {m} |
| bolt {n} (metal fastener) | :: balda {f} |
| bolt {n} (lightning spark) | :: llampec {m} |
| bolt rope {n} (A rope sewn around the edge of a sail) | :: ralinga |
| bolívar {n} (currency of Venezuela) | :: bolívar {m} |
| Bolzano {prop} (town and capital of South Tyrol) | :: Bozen |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: bomba {f} |
| bomb {n} (car in poor condition) | :: tartana {f} |
| bomb {n} (very attractive woman) | :: monument {m} |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: bombardejar |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombard {n} (medieval primitive cannon) | :: bombarda {f} |
| bombard {v} (to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles) | :: bombardejar |
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) | :: bombardeig {m} |
| Bombay {n} (Mumbai) SEE: Mumbai | :: |
| bombing {n} (action of dropping bombs from the air) | :: bombardeig {m} |
| Bonapartism {n} (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: bonapartisme {m} |
| Bonapartist {n} (one attached to Napoleon's policy) | :: bonapartista {m} {f}, napoleònic {m}, napoleònica {f} |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: bon profit |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonaventura |
| bond {n} (specific pattern of bricklaying.) | :: aparell {m} |
| bondage {n} (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery) | :: esclavitud |
| bone {v} (to remove bones) | :: desossar |
| bone {n} (material) | :: os {m} |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: os {m} |
| bonefolder {n} (A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease) | :: plegador {m} |
| boneless {adj} (without bones) | :: desossat |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: medul·la òssia {f}, bessó {m}, medul·la {f}, moll {m} |
| boner {n} (erect penis) | :: trempera {f} |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| bongo {n} (drum) | :: bongo {m} |
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo | :: |
| Boniface {prop} (male given name) SEE: Bonifatius | :: |
| Bonifatius {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonifaci |
| bonito {n} (Katsuwonus pelamis) SEE: skipjack tuna | :: |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonk {n} (bump on the head) | :: bony |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: capó |
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum | :: |
| bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant) | :: bonsai {m} |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: bon viatge |
| bony {adj} (resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone) | :: ossi |
| boo {interj} (loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | :: bu, ua |
| boo {n} (derisive shout) | :: esbroncada {f} |
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | :: esbroncar |
| boob {n} (breast (colloquial)) | :: pit {m} |
| booger {n} (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) | :: burilla {f} |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: llibre {m} |
| book {n} (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps) | :: àlbum {m} |
| book {n} (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter) | :: llibre {m} |
| book {n} (usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business) | :: llibres {m-p} |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: reservar |
| book {v} (to write down, register, record) | :: anotar |
| bookbinding {n} (art, craft or process of binding books) | :: enquadernació {f} |
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) | :: prestatgeria {f} |
| book lover {n} (person who loves books) | :: lletraferit {m} |
| booklover {n} (booklover) SEE: book lover | :: |
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: punt de llibre {m} |
| bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) | :: adreça d'interès {f} |
| bookseller {n} (person) | :: llibreter {m}, llibretera {f}, llibrer {m} |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: llibreria {f} |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| bookworm {n} (avid reader) | :: lletraferit {m}, lletraferida {f} |
| Boolean {adj} (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”) | :: booleà |
| boom {n} | :: botavara {f} |
| boom {n} (period of prosperity) | :: boom {m} |
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) | :: bumerang {m} |
| boost {n} (push from behind) | :: impuls {m} |
| boost {v} (to lift or push from behind) | :: impel·lir, empènyer |
| boost {v} (to steal) | :: bitllar |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: bota {f} |
| boot {v} (vomit) | :: vomitar |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| bootee {n} (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet) | :: peüc {m} |
| bootee {n} (shoe cover) | :: peüc {m} |
| bootleg {n} (an illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband) | :: contraban |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| bootstrap {n} (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on) | :: llengüeta {f} |
| bootstrap {n} (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory) | :: arrencada {f} |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| booty {n} (plunder) | :: botí {m} |
| boracite {n} (Mg3B7O13Cl) | :: boracita {f} |
| borage {n} (Borago officinalis) | :: borratja |
| borax {n} (crystalline salt) | :: bòrax {m} |
| Bordeaux {prop} (a city in France) | :: Bordeus |
| Bordeaux mixture {n} (copper sulphate and lime mixture) | :: brou bordelès {m} |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the outer edge of something) | :: vora {f}, orla {f} |
| border {n} (a decorative strip around the edge of something) | :: orla {f}, sanefa {f} |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: frontera {f} |
| border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border) | :: vorejar |
| bordure {n} (contrasting border round a shield) | :: bordura {f} |
| bore {v} (to make a hole) | :: barrinar, perforar, foradar |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: avorrir |
| bore {n} (sudden and rapid flow of tide) | :: rissaga {f} |
| boreal {adj} (relating to the north) | :: boreal |
| Boreal {n} | :: Període boreal |
| boreas {n} | :: bòrees {m} |
| Boreas {prop} (Greek god) | :: Bòreas {m} |
| bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) | :: avorrit |
| boredom {n} (state of being bored) | :: avorriment {m} |
| boric {adj} (pertaining to the element boron) | :: bòric |
| boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid) | :: àcid bòric {m} |
| boring {adj} (causing boredom) | :: avorrit |
| born {adj} (given birth to) | :: nascut, nat |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| borne {adj} (carried, supported) | :: cargat |
| bornite {n} (mineral) | :: bornita {f} |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: bor {m} |
| borough {n} (administrative district) | :: districte {m} |
| borough {n} (municipal borough) | :: districte {m} |
| borrow {v} (receive temporarily) | :: manllevar, amprar |
| borrow {v} (to copy a word from another language) | :: manllevar, amprar |
| borrow {n} (deviation of a rolling golfball) | :: caiguda {f} |
| borrower {n} (one who borrows) | :: manllevador {m} |
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword | :: |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: condensat de Bose-Einstein {m} |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity) | :: Bòsnia {f} |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: Bòsnia {f} |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: Bòsnia i Hercegovina {f} |
| Bosnian {adj} (of or pertaining to Bosnia) | :: bosnià {m}, bosniana {f} |
| Bosnian {n} (the people) | :: bosnià {m}, bosniana {f} |
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: bosnià {m} |
| boson {n} (particle) | :: bosó {m} |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: Bòsfor {m} |
| boss {n} (supervisor) | :: cap {m}, superior {m} |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: patró {m}, cap {m} |
| boss {n} (leader, head of an organised team) | :: cap {m} {f}, patró {m} |
| bossage {n} (rough, unfinished stone block) | :: encoixinat {m} |
| bossy {adj} (tending to give orders to others) | :: manaire |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| bot {n} (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks) | :: bot {m} |
| botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical | :: |
| botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany) | :: botànic |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: jardí botànic {m} |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) | :: botànic {m} |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: botànica {f} |
| botch {v} (to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner) | :: potinejar |
| botch {n} (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly) | :: bunyol {m} |
| Boötes {prop} (a constellation) | :: Bover {m} |
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) | :: ambdós, tots dos |
| both {conj} (both...and...) | :: tant ... com ... |
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb) | :: molestar |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| bo tree {n} (sacred fig) SEE: sacred fig | :: |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: Botswana {f} |
| Botswanan {n} (person from Botswana) | :: botswanès {m} |
| Botswanan {adj} (pertaining to Botswana) | :: botswanès |
| Botswanian {n} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| Botswanian {adj} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: ampolla {f}, botella {f} |
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container) | :: ampolla {f}, botella {f} |
| bottle {n} (nerve, courage) | :: coratge {m}, audàcia {m} |
| bottle {n} | :: ampolla {f} |
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) | :: embotellar |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles) | :: tap corona {m} |
| bottle green {n} (Dark green color) | :: verd ampolla {m} |
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) | :: obreampolles {m} |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} (lowest part) | :: fons {m} |
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus) | :: cul {m} |
| bottom bracket {n} | :: eix pedalier {m} |
| botulism {n} (medical condition) | :: botulisme {m} |
| Bouches-du-Rhône {prop} (department) | :: Boques del Roine {f-p} |
| bougainvillea {n} (flower) | :: buguenvíl·lia {f} |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| bouillabaisse {n} (type of fish stew or soup from Provence) | :: bullabessa {f} |
| bouillon {n} (a clear seasoned broth) | :: brou {m} |
| boulder {n} (large mass of stone) | :: bloc {m} |
| boule {n} (A round loaf of bread) | :: un pa {m}, fogassa {f} |
| boule {n} (A round piece of dough) | :: bolla {f} |
| boules {n} (game played with metal balls) | :: petanca {f} |
| boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: bulevard {m} |
| bounce {v} (to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: botre |
| bound {n} (boundary, border of territory) | :: límit {m} |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: frontera {f}, terme {m} |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) | :: ram {m}, ramell {m}, pom {m}, toia {f} |
| bouquet {n} (scent of wine) | :: aroma {f}, buquet {m} |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeois {adj} (of or relating to the middle class) | :: burgès |
| bourgeois {adj} (conventional, conservative and materialistic) | :: burgès |
| bourgeoisie {n} (class) | :: burgesia {f} |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {prop} (region of France) | :: Borgonya-Franc Comtat {f} |
| boustrophedon {n} (writing that is alternately right-to-left and left-to-right) | :: bustrofèdon {m} |
| boutique {n} (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like) | :: boutique {f} |
| bovarysm {n} (anxiety to escape from an unsatisfactory social or sentimental condition) | :: bovarisme {m} |
| bovid {n} (an animal of Bovidae) | :: bòvid {m} |
| bovine {adj} (of, relating to or resembling cattle) | :: boví |
| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | :: encefalopatia espongiforme bovina {f} |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: arc {m} |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: corba |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: arc |
| bow {n} (type of knot with two loops) | :: llaç {m} |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: corbar-se, doblegar-se, vinclar-se, blincar-se |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: corbar, doblegar |
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: corbar, doblegar, vinclar, blincar |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: reverència {f}, inclinació {f} |
| bow {n} (front of a boat or ship) | :: proa {f}, prora {f} |
| bowel obstruction {n} (obstruction of the intestines) | :: obstrucció intestinal {f} |
| bowels {n} (intestines) | :: intestins {m-p}, budell m singular |
| bower bird {n} (Australasian bird) | :: arquer {m} |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: bol {m} |
| bow-legged {adj} (having a bowleg) | :: camatort |
| bowler {n} (one who engages in the sport of bowling) | :: jugador de bitlles {m}, bitllaire {m} {f} |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowling {n} (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley) | :: bitlles {m} |
| bowling alley {n} (a building which contains bowling lanes) | :: bowling {m} |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| bowman {n} (the person positioned nearest the bow) | :: proer {m} |
| Bowman's capsule {n} (cup-like sac) | :: càpsula glomerular {f}, càpsula de Bowman {f} |
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: bauprès {m} |
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: corbatí {m} |
| bow wow {n} (sound of a dog barking) | :: bub-bub |
| bow-wow {interj} (bow wow) SEE: bow wow | :: |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: capsa {f}, caixa {f} |
| box {n} (as much as fills a box) | :: capsa {f}, caixa {f} |
| box {n} (compartment to sit inside) | :: llotja {f} |
| box {n} (small rectangular shelter) | :: garita {f} |
| box {v} (to place inside a box) | :: empaquetar, encapsar |
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) | :: boix {m} |
| box {n} (blow with the fist) | :: cop de puny {m} |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: boxejar, boxar |
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong | :: |
| box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood | :: |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: boxador {m}, boxejador |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: boxa |
| box office {n} (ticket office) | :: taquilla {f} |
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens) | :: boix {m} |
| boxwood {n} (the hard, close-grained wood of this tree) | :: boix {m} |
| boxwood {n} (any tree of genus Buxus) | :: boix {m} |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: noi {m}, al·lot {m}, xiquet {m}, xic {m}, xicot {m} |
| boy {n} (male servant) | :: minyó {m} |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: home {m} |
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive) | :: home {m} |
| boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: boicotejar |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: boicot {m} |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: xicot {m}, nòvio {m} |
| boyfriend {n} (male friend) | :: amic {m} |
| boy next door {n} (regular boy) | :: el típic bon noi {m} |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: sostenidors {m-p} |
| brace {v} (to prepare oneself for an impact) | :: agafar-se |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces | :: |
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket | :: |
| brace {n} (bitstock) SEE: bitstock | :: |
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: braçalet {m} |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| braces {n} (device for straightening teeth) | :: ferros {m-p}, aparell dental {m} |
| brachial {adj} (pertaining or belonging to the arm) | :: braquial |
| bracken {n} (any of several coarse ferns) | :: falguera aquilina {f}; falaguera aquilina {f} |
| bracket {n} (engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part) | :: mènsula {f} |
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket | :: |
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket | :: |
| brackish {adj} (slightly salty) | :: salabrós |
| brackish {adj} (repulsive) SEE: repulsive | :: |
| bract {n} (leaf or leaf-like structure) | :: bràctea {f} |
| bradycardia {n} (condition of having a slow heartbeat) | :: bradicàrdia {f} |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| Bragança {prop} (city in the homonymous district of Portugal) | :: Bragança {f} |
| braggadocio {n} (braggart) SEE: braggart | :: |
| braggardly {adj} (boastful) SEE: boastful | :: |
| braggart {n} (one who constantly brags or boasts) | :: fanfarró {m} |
| braggart {adj} (characterized by boasting) SEE: boastful | :: |
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) | :: trena {f} |
| braid {n} (hairstyle) | :: trena {f} |
| braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) | :: braille {m} |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: cervell {m} |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: cervell {m} |
| brain damage {n} (injury to the brain) | :: lesió cerebral {f} |
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people) | :: fuga de cervells {f}, fugida de cervells {f} |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: pluja d'idees {f} |
| brainwash {n} (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) | :: rentat de cervell {m} |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: rentar el cervell |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: rentat de cervell {m} |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: fre {m} |
| brake {n} (something that slows or stops an action) | :: fre {m} |
| brake {v} (to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking) | :: frenar |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| bramble {n} (any thorny shrub) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: pinsà mec {m} |
| bran {n} (outside layer of a grain) | :: segó {m} |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: branca {f} |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: sucursal {f} |
| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) | :: marca {f} |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: marca {f} |
| Brandenburg {prop} (state) | :: Brandenburg |
| Brandenburg {prop} (city) | :: Brandenburg |
| brandish {v} (to move a weapon) | :: brandar, brandejar |
| brand new {adj} (utterly new) | :: nou de trinca, flamant |
| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new | :: |
| brandy {n} (liquor) | :: brandi {m}, conyac {m} |
| bras d'honneur {n} (obscene gesture) | :: botifarra {f} |
| Brasília {prop} (The capital of Brazil) | :: Brasília |
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: llautó |
| brass {n} (class of wind instruments) | :: metall {m} |
| brass {n} (slang: money) | :: pasta {f} |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brat {n} (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) | :: marrec {m}, ganàpia |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: valent, coratjós, audaç |
| bravely {adv} (in a brave manner) | :: valentament, coratjosament |
| bravery {n} (being brave) | :: bravesa {f}, bravor {f}, bravura {f}, valor {m} |
| bray {v} (to make the cry of a donkey) | :: bramar |
| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey) | :: bram {m} |
| brazen-faced {adj} (Impudent) | :: descarat |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: Brasil |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: brasiler {m}, brasilera {f} |
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) | :: brasiler {m}, brasilera {f} |
| breach {n} (gap) | :: bretxa {f} |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: pa {m} |
| bread {v} (to bread) | :: arrebossar |
| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: pa i circ |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadbasket {n} (basket for storing or carrying bread) | :: panera {f} |
| breadfruit {n} (tree) | :: arbre del pa {m} |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: trencar-se |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: trencar |
| break {v} (to win a game as receiver in tennis) | :: trencar el servei |
| break {v} (to counter-attack) | :: escapar-se, internar-se |
| break {n} (act of escaping) | :: escapada {f} |
| break {n} (billiards, snooker: first shot) | :: entrada {f} |
| break {n} (soccer: counter-attack) | :: escapada {f} |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| breakable {adj} (able to be broken) | :: trencable |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: molta merda! |
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical) | :: avaria {f}, pana {f} |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: esmorzar {m} |
| breakfast {v} (to eat the morning meal) | :: esmorzar |
| break in {v} (to enter by force or illicitly) | :: irrompre |
| breaking news {n} (news that just happened or is happening) | :: notícies d'última hora {f-p} |
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| break out {v} (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition) | :: esclatar |
| break point {n} (situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game) | :: punt de trencament {m}, pilota de trencament {f} |
| break the ice {v} (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) | :: rompre el glaç |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: avenç {m}, progrés {m} |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) | :: escullera {f} |
| bream {n} (Abramis brama) | :: brema {f} |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: pit {m}, mama {f}, mamella {f} , teta {f} , sina {f} |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: pit {m} |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: estern {m}, estèrnum {m} |
| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast) | :: càncer de mama {m} |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: alletar |
| breastfeeding {n} (activity) | :: alletament {m}, lactància {f} |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: llet maternal {f} |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: cuirassa {f} |
| breastplate {n} (horse tack) | :: pitral {m}, petral {m} |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: braça {f} |
| breath {n} (act or process of breathing) | :: respiració {f} |
| breath {n} (single act of breathing in and out) | :: alè {m} |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: alè {m} |
| breath {n} (rest or pause) | :: alè {m} |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: respirar, alenar |
| breathe {v} | :: respirar |
| breather {n} (something that breathes) | :: respirador {m} |
| Breda {prop} (municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia) | :: Breda {f} |
| breeches {n} (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) | :: calçons |
| breed {v} (to sexually produce offspring) | :: criar |
| breed {v} (to keep animals and have them reproduce) | :: criar |
| breed {v} (to propagate or grow plants) | :: criar |
| breed {v} (to yield or result in) | :: engendrar |
| breed {n} (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) | :: raça {f} (of animals), varietat {f} (of plants) |
| breed {n} (race or lineage) | :: raça {f} |
| breeder {n} ((professional) plant or animal breeder) | :: criador {m}, criadora {f} |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breeding-ground {n} (figuratively) | :: planter {m} |
| breeze {n} (a light, gentle wind) | :: brisa {f} |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| breezily {adv} (In a breezy manner) | :: airosament |
| breezy {adj} (exposed to the breezes) | :: airejós |
| breezy {adj} ((figuratively) cheerful and lively) | :: airós |
| Bremen {prop} (state) | :: Bremen |
| Bremen {prop} (city) | :: Bremen |
| Brendan {prop} (male given name) | :: Brandan {m} |
| Brescia {prop} (city and province of Italy) | :: Brescia |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| Brest {prop} (a city in Brittany) | :: Brest |
| brethren {n} (the body of members) | :: confraria {f} |
| brethren {n} | :: germans {p} |
| Breton {n} (person from Brittany) | :: bretó {m}, bretona {f} |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: bretó {m} |
| Breton {adj} (pertaining to Brittany) | :: bretó |
| breve {n} (double whole note) | :: quadrada {f}, breu |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} | :: destilar |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea | :: |
| briar {n} (any thorny plant) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: suborn {m} |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: subornar |
| bribery {n} (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: suborn {m} |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: maó {m} |
| brick {n} (a building material) | :: maó {m} |
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman) | :: paleta {m} {f} |
| brickyard {n} (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) | :: bòbila {f}, rajoleria {f} |
| bridal {adj} (nuptial) | :: nupcial |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: núvia {f} |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: nuvi {m} |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: pont {m} |
| bridge {n} (replacement for teeth) | :: pont {m} |
| bridge {n} (nautical) | :: pont {f} |
| bridge {n} (piece on string instruments) | :: pontet {m} |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: bridge {m} |
| bridle {n} (headgear for horse) | :: brida {f} |
| brief {adj} (of short duration) | :: breu |
| brief {adj} (concise) | :: concís |
| briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents) | :: cartera {f} |
| briefly {adv} (in a brief manner) | :: breument |
| brig {n} (two-masted vessel) | :: bergantí {m} |
| brig {n} (naval military jail or guardhouse) | :: calabós {m} |
| brigade {n} (organized group of people) | :: brigada {f} |
| brigade {n} (military unit) | :: brigada {f} |
| brigadier {n} (an army rank) | :: brigadier {m} |
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: brillant, clar |
| brill {n} (Scophthalmus rhombus) | :: rèmol {m} |
| brilliant {adj} (shining brightly) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (of a colour: both light and saturated) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone) | :: clar |
| brilliant {adj} (of surpassing excellence) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent) | :: brillant |
| brilliantly {adv} (in a brilliant manner) | :: brillantment |
| brim {n} (an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water)) | :: vora {f} |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brimstone {n} (the sulfur of Hell) | :: sofre {m} |
| Brindisi {prop} (port city in Apulia, Italy) | :: Bríndisi {?} |
| brine {n} (salt water) | :: salmorra {f} |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: portar |
| bring about {v} (To cause to take place) | :: provocar |
| bring about {v} (To accomplish) | :: aconseguir |
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle | :: |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| brioche {n} (type of bun) | :: brioix {m} |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches | :: |
| British {adj} (of Britain) | :: britànic |
| British {adj} (colloquial: of the UK) | :: britànic |
| British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) | :: Colúmbia Britànica {f} |
| British Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Nations) SEE: Commonwealth of Nations | :: |
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands) | :: illes Britàniques {f-p} |
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) | :: Bretanya {f} |
| brittle {adj} (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) | :: fràgil |
| brittle {adj} (apt to break or crumble when bending) | :: trencadís |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: fava {f} |
| broadcast {n} (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: emissió {f} |
| broadcast {n} (programme transmitted) | :: programa {m} |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: emetre, transmetre |
| broadcasting {n} (business or profession of radio and television) | :: radiodifusió {f} |
| broad-leaved {adj} (having broad leaves) | :: planifoli |
| brocade {n} (fabric) | :: brocat {m} |
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: bròcoli {m} |
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: fullet {m}, opuscle {m}, prospecte {m} |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: pelat |
| broken {adj} (fragmented) | :: trencat |
| broken {adj} (not working properly) | :: espatllat |
| bromatology {n} (study of food) | :: bromatologia {f} |
| bromide {n} (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element) | :: bromur {m} |
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: brom {m} |
| bronchiectasis {n} (abnormal permanent dilatation of the bronchial tubes) | :: bronquièctasi {f} |
| bronchiole {n} (small branch of a bronchus) | :: bronquíol {m} |
| broncho- {prefix} (relating to bronchi) | :: bronco- |
| bronchoscope {n} (form of endoscope for inspecting the bronchial tubes) | :: broncoscopi {m} |
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique) | :: broncoscòpia {f} |
| bronchus {n} (Either or two branches of the trachea) | :: bronqui {m} |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {n} (alloy) | :: bronze {m} |
| bronze {n} (colour) | :: bronze {m} |
| bronze {adj} (having a bronze colour) | :: bronze |
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: edat del bronze {f} |
| bronze whaler {n} (copper shark) SEE: copper shark | :: |
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm) | :: covar |
| brood {v} (to dwell upon moodily and at length) | :: encaparrar-se |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: rierol {m} |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| brook trout {n} (Salvelinus fontinalis) | :: truita de rierol {f} |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: escombra {f} |
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub) | :: ginesta |
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: brou {m} |
| broth {n} (soup made from broth) | :: brou {m} |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: bordell {m}, prostíbul {m} |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: germà {m} |
| brother {n} (male having parents in common) | :: germà {m} |
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community) | :: germà {m} |
| brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: fraternitat {f}, germanor {f} |
| brother-in-arms {n} (fellow combatant or soldier) | :: company d'armes |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) | :: cunyat {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: cunyat {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: cunyat {m} |
| brouhaha {n} (fuss, uproar) | :: gatzara {f}, aldarull {m}, cridòria {f}, rebombori {m}, brogit {m}, avalot {m} |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| browbeat {v} (to bully in an intimidating way) | :: intimidar |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: marró {m} |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: marró |
| brown {v} (to become brown) | :: s'enrossir |
| brown {v} (to cook until brown) | :: enrossir |
| Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) | :: Bru |
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) | :: ós bru {m} |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: nana marró |
| brown falcon {n} | :: falcó berigora, falcó bru australià |
| brownish {adj} (of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown) | :: brunenc |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| brown trout {n} (species of freshwater trout) | :: truita {f} |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| brucellosis {n} (infection by the bacterium, Brucella) | :: brucel·losi {f} |
| Bruges {prop} (city in Belgium) | :: Bruges |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: blau {m} |
| bruise {n} (mark on fruit or vegetable) | :: blau {m} |
| Brumaire {prop} (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: brumari {m} |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: Brunei {m} |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: raspall {m} |
| brush {n} (act of brushing) | :: raspallar |
| brushstroke {n} (stroke of a brush) | :: pinzellada {f} |
| brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) | :: brusc |
| brusquely {adv} (in a brusque manner) | :: bruscament |
| Brusselian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to, Brussels) | :: brussel·lès |
| Brusselian {n} (someone from Brussels) | :: brussel·lès {m}, brussel·lesa {f} |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: Brussel·les |
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) | :: col de Brussel·les {f} |
| brutal {adj} (savagely violent) | :: brutal |
| Brutalism {n} (style of modernist architecture) | :: brutalisme {m} |
| brutality {n} (a state of being brutal) | :: brutalitat {f} |
| brutally {adv} (in a brutal manner) | :: brutalment |
| bruxism {n} (habit or practice of grinding the teeth) | :: bruxisme {m} |
| bête noire {n} (an anathema) | :: bèstia negra {f} |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: bombolla {f} |
| bubble {n} (small spherical cavity in a solid) | :: bombolla {f} |
| bubble {n} (anything resembling a hollow sphere) | :: bombolla {f} |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: bombolla {f} |
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level | :: |
| bubo {n} (inflamed lymph node) | :: bubó {m} |
| bubonic {adj} (of or pertaining to buboes) | :: bubònic |
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) | :: Bucarest {?} |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| buck {n} (male deer, goat, etc.) | :: cérvol {m} , boc {m} |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: cubell {m}, galleda {f} |
| bucket {n} (amount held in this container) | :: cubellada {f} |
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery) | :: catúfol {m} |
| buckeye {n} (tree of the genus Aesculus) | :: castanyer d'Índia {m} |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: Palau de Buckingham {m} |
| buckle {n} (belt clasp) | :: sivella {f} |
| buckler {n} (small shield) | :: escut {m}, broquer {m} |
| buckwheat {n} (Fagopyrum esculentum plant) | :: fajol {m} |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: gra de fajol {m}, blat sarraí {m} |
| bucolic {adj} (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) | :: bucòlic |
| bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: gemma {f}, borró {m} |
| bud {n} (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) | :: gemma {f} |
| bud {v} (to form buds) | :: gemar |
| bud {v} (to reproduce by splitting off buds) | :: gemar |
| bud {n} (slang: buddy) | :: col·lega {m} {f} |
| Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) | :: Budapest |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: Buda {m} |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: budisme {m} |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: budista |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to a Buddhist, Buddhists) | :: budista |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: budista {m} {f} |
| Buddhist {n} (follower of Buddha) | :: budista {m} {f} |
| Buddhistic {adj} (of, relating to Buddhism) | :: búdic |
| buddy {n} (friend or casual acquaintance) | :: company {m} |
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) | :: periquito {m} |
| budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: pressupost {m} |
| budo {n} (Japanese martial arts) | :: budo {m} |
| Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) | :: Buenos Aires {?} |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: búfal {m} |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: bisó {m} |
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State) | :: Buffalo |
| buffer solution {n} (buffer solution) | :: solució tampó |
| bufflehead {n} (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola) | :: morell capblanc {m} |
| bufotenine {n} (alkaloid) | :: bufotenina {f} |
| bug {n} (an insect of the order Hemiptera) | :: xinxa {f} |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: cuca {f} |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: error {m}, defecte {m} |
| bug {n} (an enthusiasm for something) | :: febre {f}, mania {f} |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost | :: |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| Buginese {prop} (language) | :: bugui {m} |
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument) | :: clarí {m} |
| bugler {n} (someone who plays the bugle) | :: corneta {m} |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: construir, edificar |
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: constructor {m} |
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder | :: |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: construcció {f} |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: edifici {m} |
| buisine {n} (medieval wind instrument) | :: anafil {m}, nafil {m} |
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) | :: bulb {m} |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| bulbourethral gland {n} (bulbourethral gland) | :: glàndula bulbouretral {f} |
| bulbous {adj} (having the shape of a bulb) | :: bulbós |
| bulbous {adj} (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) | :: bulbós |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: Bulgària {f} |
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: búlgar |
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) | :: búlgar {m}, búlgara {f} |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: búlgar {m} |
| bulimia {n} (eating disorder) | :: bulímia, bulímia nerviosa |
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia | :: |
| bulimic {adj} (suffering from bulimia nervosa) | :: bulímic |
| bulimic {adj} (of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa) | :: bulímic |
| bulk {n} (major part of something) | :: gruix {m} |
| bulk {adj} (large in size, mass, or volume) | :: massiu |
| bulky {adj} (large in size, mass, or volume) | :: voluminós |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: toro {m} |
| bull {n} (document) | :: butlla {f} |
| bull {n} (seal) | :: butlla {f}, segell {m} |
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit | :: |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: bala {f}, projectil {m} |
| bulletin board {n} (a board) | :: taulell d’anuncis {m} |
| bulletproof {adj} (capable of withstanding a bullet) | :: antibales |
| bulletproof {adj} (reliable, infallible) | :: infal·lible {m} {f} |
| bulletproof vest {n} (garment) | :: armilla antibales |
| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bullhead {n} (Europe, Asia: the European bullhead) SEE: European bullhead | :: |
| bullhorn {n} (portable device which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice) | :: megàfon {m} |
| bull ring {n} (bullring) SEE: bullring | :: |
| bullring {n} (area in which a bullfight is takes place) | :: plaça de toros {f}, plaça de bous {f} |
| bullroarer {n} (musical instrument) | :: brunzidor {m} |
| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets) | :: correbou {m} |
| bullseye {n} (centre of a target) | :: fitó {m} |
| bullseye {n} (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) | :: ull de bou {m} |
| bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc) | :: collonades {f-p} |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bulwark {n} (defensive wall or rampart) | :: baluard {m} |
| bulwark {n} (defense or safeguard) | :: baluard {m} |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) | :: borinot {m} |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfodder {n} (bureaucratic documents) | :: paperassa {f} |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bump {n} (a light blow or jolting collision) | :: sotrac {m} |
| bump {n} (a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury) | :: nyanyo {m} |
| bumper {n} (impact absorber on a vehicle) | :: para-xocs {m} |
| bumpkin {n} (yokel) | :: taujà {m} |
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: panellet {m}, pasta {m}, brioix {m}, llesca {m} |
| bun {n} (A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head) | :: monya {f}, trossa {f} |
| bunch {n} (a group of similar things) | :: raïm {m}, grapat {m} |
| bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes) | :: raïm |
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends) | :: colla {f} |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: feix {m} |
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) | :: farcell {m} |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord) | :: pònting {m} |
| bungler {n} (one who makes mistakes) | :: barroer {m}, barroera {f} |
| bunion {n} (bump on the big toe) | :: galindó {m} |
| bunker {n} (hardened shelter) | :: búnquer {m} |
| bunker {n} (large container for storing coal) | :: carbonera {f} |
| bunny {n} (young rabbit) | :: catxap {m}, conillet {m}, llorigó {m} |
| bunny {n} (women in a costume of rabbit ears and tail) | :: conilleta {f} |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: cremador Bunsen {m} |
| bunt {n} (baseball: ball intentionally hit softly) | :: toc {m} |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: boia {f} |
| buoy {v} (keep afloat or aloft) | :: aboiar |
| buoy {v} (mark with a buoy) | :: aboiar |
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: càrrega {f}, carga |
| burdensome {adj} (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding) | :: gravós |
| Burdigalian {prop} | :: Burdigalià |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: burocràcia {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: burocràcia {f} |
| bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy) | :: buròcrata {m} {f} |
| bureaucratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) | :: burocràtic |
| burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.) | :: bureta {f} |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: Burgàs {m} |
| burger bar {n} (fast-food restaurant primarily selling hamburgers) | :: hamburgueseria {f} |
| burglar {n} | :: lladre {m} {f}, espanyaportes {m} |
| Burgundian {n} (an inhabitant of Burgundy) | :: borgonyó {m} |
| Burgundian {n} (а member of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe) | :: burgundi {m} |
| Burgundian {prop} (the old Burgundian language) | :: burgundi {m} |
| Burgundian {prop} (the modern Burgundian language) | :: borgonyó {m} |
| Burgundian {adj} (pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language) | :: borgonyó {m} |
| burgundy {n} (color) | :: bordeus {m} |
| Burgundy {prop} (region) | :: Borgonya {f} |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: enterrament {m} |
| burial chamber {n} (chamber used to bury the dead) | :: cambra funerària {f} |
| buried {adj} (Placed in a grave at a burial) | :: enterrat |
| burin {n} (chisel) | :: burí {m} |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: burca {m} |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: Burkina Faso |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Birmània {f} |
| Burmese {adj} (Of or relating to Burma) | :: birmà |
| Burmese {n} (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent) | :: birmà {m} |
| Burmese {prop} (language) | :: birmà {m} |
| burn {n} (physical injury) | :: cremada {f} |
| burn {n} (act of burning something) | :: cremada {f} |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: cremar |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: cremar |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize | :: |
| burning {adj} (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) | :: ardent |
| burning {adj} (feeling very hot) | :: ardent |
| burning {adj} (feeling great passion) | :: ardent |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant | :: |
| burnisher {n} (implement) | :: brunyidor {m} |
| burnt {adj} (carbonized) | :: cremat |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: cremar-se les celles |
| burnt sienna {n} (colour) | :: siena torrat {m} |
| burocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) | :: burocràtic |
| burp {n} (a softer belch) | :: rot {m} |
| burp {v} (to emit a burp) | :: eructar |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burrow {n} (a tunnel or hole) | :: cau {m} |
| burst {v} (to break from internal pressure) | :: petar, rebentar |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi {m} |
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi) | :: burundès {m} |
| Burundian {adj} (pertaining to Burundi) | :: burundès |
| bury {v} (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) | :: enterrar |
| bury {v} (place in the ground) | :: enterrar |
| bury {v} (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth) | :: enterrar |
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) | :: Buriàtia {f} |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: autobús {m} |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: bus {m} |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: arbust {m} |
| bushel {n} (dry measure) | :: faneca {f} |
| Bushism {prop} (political philosophy) | :: Bushisme {m} |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: empresa {f}, companyia {f} |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: negoci {m} |
| bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) | :: bust {m} |
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) | :: bust {m} |
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: avitarda {f} |
| buster {n} (person or thing that breaks or overwhelms) | :: rebenta- |
| buster {n} (guy, friend) | :: tio {m}, tipus {m}, company {m} |
| buster {n} (loser, uncool person) | :: xafaxancles, botaxarcos, botabancals, astropellat, tros de figa, castellà, trompellot {m}, xafaxarcos, sangonera |
| bustle {n} (excited activity) | :: bullícia {f} |
| bustle {v} (to move busily and energetically) | :: trafeguejar |
| busty {adj} (having large breasts) | :: mamelluda |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: ocupat |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: però |
| but {conj} (although) | :: però, encara que |
| but {conj} (except) | :: menys, excepte |
| butane {n} (the organic compound) | :: butà {m} |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: carnisser {m}, carnissera {f} |
| butcher's {n} (butcher’s shop) | :: carnisseria {f} |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butler {n} (manservant having charge of wines and liquors) | :: sommelier {m} |
| butler {n} (chief male servant) | :: majordom {m} |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: natja {f} |
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) | :: punta {f}, burilla {f} |
| butt {v} ((transitive) to strike bluntly) | :: tossar |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: mantega {f} |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| buttercup {n} (herb of the genus Ranunculus) | :: ranuncle {m} |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: papallona {f}, papalló {m}, papaió {m}, babaiana {f}, paloma {f}, palometa {f} |
| butterfly effect {n} (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory) | :: efecte papallona |
| butterfly net {n} (net used to collect butterflies) | :: caçapapallones {m}, salabret {m} |
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) | :: sèrum de mantega {m} |
| butter tea {n} | :: te amb mantega {m} |
| butter up {v} (to flatter) | :: afalagar, fer lo bus |
| buttery {adj} (made with or tasting of butter) | :: mantegós |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: natja {f} |
| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: botó {m} |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: botó {m} |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: botó {m} |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: insígnia {f} |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: botó {m}, poncella {f} |
| button {v} (to fasten with a button) | :: botonar |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: trau {m} |
| button mushroom {n} (Agaricus bisporus) | :: xampinyó {m} |
| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove | :: |
| butt plug {n} (A sex toy for the anus and rectum) | :: tap anal |
| buttress {n} (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) | :: contrafort {m} |
| butyl {n} (Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9) | :: butil {m} |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: comprar |
| buyable {adj} (that can be bought) | :: comprable |
| buyer {n} (person who makes purchases) | :: comprador {m} |
| buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power | :: |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: aligot {m}, zopilot {m} |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: per a |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: per |
| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) | :: per |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: en general |
| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) | :: Biblos |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: per atzar |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: adéu |
| by-election {n} (special election) | :: elecció parcial {f} |
| by far {prep} (to a large extent) | :: de molt |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually | :: |
| by hand {prep} (manually) | :: a mà |
| by heart {prep} (knowing completely) | :: de cor, de memòria |
| bylaw {n} (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization) | :: estatut {m} |
| by means of {prep} (By using) | :: mitjançant |
| bypass {n} (road) | :: apartador {m}, variant {f}, camí secundari {m}, ronda (carretera) {m} |
| bypass {n} (circumvention) | :: desviació {f} |
| bypass {n} (section of pipe) | :: derivació {f}, canal de derivació {?}, canal d'alimentació {?} |
| bypass {n} (electrical shunt) | :: canal de derivació {?}, canal d'alimentació {?} |
| bypass {n} (alternative passage for a bodily fluid) | :: bypass {m}, anastomosi de derivació per a revascularització cardíaca {?} |
| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product) | :: subproducte {m} |
| by-product {n} (side effect) | :: subproducte {m} |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) | :: per la gràcia de Déu |
| by the skin of one's teeth {prep} (barely, closely) | :: pels pèls |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: per cert |
| Byzantine {adj} (of or pertaining to Byzantium) | :: bizantí |
| Byzantine {adj} (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire) | :: bizantí |
| Byzantine {n} (native of Byzantine Empire) | :: bizantí {m}, bizantina {f} |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: Imperi Bizantí |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (ancient Greek city) | :: Bizanci |
| Béziers {prop} (city in France) | :: Besiers |