baix
adj low / short

n 1. (m) bass
2. (m) bass (guitar)

balanç
n 1. (m) balance
2. (m) balance / balance sheet

expr balanç de situació
(m) balance sheet

banca
n 1. (f) bench
2. (f) [FIN] banking

expr fer saltar la banca
to break the bank

banda
n 1. (f) band
2. (f) side
3. (f) group
4. (f) gang

expr banda ampla
(f) broadband

expr banda sonora
(f) soundtrack

expr ample (or amplada) de banda
(f) bandwidth

expr deixar de banda
to leave out / to forget about / to put to one side / to overlook

bany
n (m) bath

expr bany de sang
(m) blood bath

expr bany Maria
(m) bain-Marie

Barcelona
n Barcelona
Barcelona ciutat - The city of Barcelona
Barcelona metropolitana - Barcelona metropolitan area

barem
n (m) score / scale / calculation table

barra
n (f) bar

expr barra d'eines
(f) toolbar

expr barra d'equilibris
(f) balance beam

expr barra d'estat
(f) status bar

expr barra fixa (or horitzontal)
(f) high bar (o horizontal bar)

expr barra invertida
(f) back slash

expr barra vertical
(f) pipe

expr barres asimètriques
(fpl) asymmetric bars / uneven parallel bars / uneven bars / bars

expr barres paral·leles
(fpl) parallel bars

barrejar
v conj 1. to mix / to blend
2. (cartes) to shuffle

barri
n (m) neighbourhood (Br.) / neighborhood (Am.) / area / district

expr barri xinès
1. (m) Chinatown
2. (m) red-light district

barroc
adj baroque

n (m) baroque

base
n 1. (f) basis
2. (f) base

expr base de dades
(f) database

expr base de dades relacional
(f) relational database

batalla
n (f) battle

expr batalla campal
(f) pitched battle


adv well / fine

n 1. (m) good / sake
2. béns (mpl) goods / assets

expr el bé comú
the common good

becari
n (m / f) student receiving a grant (o scholarship) / scholarship student / [formal] grant (o scholarship) recipient

adj grant-funded
Investigadors becaris - Grant-funded researchers

Bèlgica
n (f) Belgium

bernat pescaire
n (m) grey heron

bessó
n (m / f) twin

adj twin
Germà bessó - Twin brother
Germana bessona - Twin sister

biblioteca
n (f) library

biocarburant
n (m) biofuel

bisetmanal
adj biweekly
nota: 'Biweekly' pot significar 'bisetmanal' o 'quinzenal'

blanc
n (m) target

adj white

blat
n (m) wheat

expr blat de moro
(m) sweetcorn (Br.) / corn (Am.) / maize (Br.)

bleda
n (f) Swiss chard

bloc
n 1. (m) [INFORM] blog
2. (m) block
3. (m) (note)pad
4. (m) section / part

expr bloc de notes
(m) notepad

blog
n (m) blog

bo
adj good

boca
n (f) mouth

expr boca d'incendis
(f) fire hydrant

expr boca (per) avall
face down

expr a boca de canó
point blank

bocaterrós
adj face-down

expr de bocaterrosa
face down

bola
n 1. (f) ball
2. (f) lie / fib

expr bola de neu
(f) snowball

bot
n 1. (m) leap
2. (m) bounce
3. (m) boat
4. (m) wineskin
5. (m) bagpipe(s)
6. (m) [ZOOL] ocean sunfish

expr ploure a bots i barrals
to chuck it down / to throw it down / to rain cats and dogs

expr bot salvavides
(m) lifeboat

botànic
adj botanical / botanic

n 1. (m / f) botanist
2. botànica (f) botany

braç
n (m) arm

expr amb els braços oberts
with open arms

expr en braços
in (my / his / your etc.) arms

branca
n 1. (f) [BOT] branch
2. (f) branch

brasa
n (f) ember

broma
n 1. (f) joke
2. (f) mist
3. (f) foam
4. (f) shipworm / teredo

expr de broma
in jest

expr fer broma
to joke

bronca
n (f) [cast.] fight / quarrel

expr buscar la bronca
to pick a fight

broqueta
n 1. (f) skewer / brochette
nota: (Broquetes de pollastre / fruita / llagostins etc).
2. (f) stick
nota: (Broqueta amb què es toca el tamborí).

brossa
n 1. (f) rubbish
2. (f) bug

expr brossa espacial
(f) space junk (or debris)

bruc
n (m) heather

bus
n 1. (m / f) (underwater / deep sea) diver
Vestit de bus - Diving suit
Anorac de bus - Snowsuit
2. (m) [TRANSP] bus
3. (m) [INFORM] bus

buscar
v conj to look for


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