eben
n (m) ebony

ebenista
n (m / f) cabinet maker

eblaïta
n (m / f) (person / people) from the ancient city of Ebla

adj relating to Ebla or its people

ebolí
n (m / f) (person / people) from la Vall d’Ebo

adj relating to la Vall d’Ebo or its people

ebri
adj drunk

ebullició
n 1. (f) boiling
2. (f) disturbance / activity

expr punt d'ebullició
(m) boiling point

expr temperatura d'ebullició
(f) boiling point

eclàmpsia
n (f) eclampsia

eclèctic
adj eclectic

eclesiàstic
adj ecclesiastical

eclipsar
v conj 1. to eclipse
2. [fig.] to overshadow

eclipsi
n (m) eclipse

expr eclipsi de lluna
(m) lunar eclipse

eco
n (m) echo

ecocardiografia
n (f) echocardiography

ecofisiologia
n (f) ecophysiology

ecografia
n (f) ultrasound / ultasound scan / scan

ecologia
n (f) ecology

ecològic
adj 1. organic
Aliments ecològics. - Organic food (or produce).
2. ecological

ecologista
n (m / f) ecologist

economia
n (f) economy

expr economia de mercat
(f) market economy

econòmic
adj economic

economista
n (m / f) economist

economitzar
v conj to economize

ecosistema
n (m) ecosystem

ecs
interj yuck!

ecumènic
adj ecumenical

èczema
n (m) eczema

edat
n (f) age

expr edat de jubilació
(f) retirement age

expr edat mitjana
(f) Middle Ages

expr arribar a la majoria d'edat
to come of age

edelweiss
n (m) edelweiss

edema
n (m) edema

Edèn
n (m) Eden

expr Jardí d'Edèn
(m) Garden of Eden

edetà
n (m / f) (person / people) from the ancient region of Editània in Valencia

adj relating to Editània or its people

edició
n (f) edition / publication

edicte
n (m) edict

edificant
adj edifying

edificar
v conj 1. to build
2. to edify

edifici
n (m) building / premises

edil
n (m / f) town councillor

Edimburg
n (m) Edinburgh

editar
v conj to edit

editor
n 1. (m / f) editor / publisher
2. (m) editor

editorial
n 1. (f) publishing house / publisher(s) / publishing company
2. (m) editorial

adj publishing

edredó
n (m) duvet (Br.) / comforter (Am.) / doona (Aus.)

educació
n (f) education

expr educació física
(f) physical education / PE (Br.) / phys ed (Am.)

educadament
adv politely

educador
n (m / f) teacher / educator

educar
v conj 1. to educate / to teach
2. [animals] to train / to teach
3. to train

educat
adj 1. polite / well-behaved / well-mannered
2. educated

educatiu
adj educational

edulcorant
n (m) sweetener

edulcorar
v conj to sweeten

EEPROM
acr (f) EEPROM

efecte
n 1. (m) effect
2. efectes (mpl) belongings

expr efecte hivernacle
(m) greenhouse effect

expr efectes personals
(mpl) personal belongings

expr fer efecte
to take effect
Les aspirines fan efecte aviat. - The aspirins soon take effect.

efectisme
n (m) act of striving too hard for an effect

efectista
adj overblown / striving too hard for an effect

efectiu
adj effective

n (m) cash

efectivament
adv indeed / effectively

efectivitat
n (f) effectiveness

efectuar
v conj to carry out / to conduct / to effect

efedrina
n (f) ephedrine

efemèride
n (m) event

efeminat
adj effeminate / camp

efervescència
n (f) effervescence

efervescent
adj effervescent

efesi
n (m / f) Ephesian

adj Ephesian

eficaç
adj effective / efficient

eficiència
n (f) efficiency

eficient
adj efficient

efígie
n (f) effigy

efímer
adj ephemeral / short-lived

efluent
n (m) effluent

efluvi
n 1. (m) discharge / outflow
2. (m) sweet smell (or scent)

efusió
n (f) effusiveness

expr amb efusió
effusively

efusiu
adj effusive

egarenc
n (m / f) (person / people) from the ancient city of Ègara (modern-day Terrassa)

adj relating to Ègara or its people

egarense
n (m / f) (person / people) from the ancient city of Ègara (modern-day Terrassa)

adj relating to Ègara or its people

ègida
n 1. (f) aegis
2. (f) protection

expr sota l'ègida de
under the aegis of

egipci
n (m / f) Egyptian

adj Egyptian

egipcià
n (m / f) Egyptian

adj Egyptian

Egipte
n (m) Egypt

egiptòleg
n (m / f) egyptologist

egiptologia
n (f) egyptology

eglefí
n (m) haddock
nota: Peix de l'Atlàntic nord de la família del bacallà: Melanogrammus aeglefinu.

egocèntric
adj egocentric

egocentrisme
n (m) egocentrism

egoisme
n (m) egoism / egotism / selfishness

egoista
adj egoistic / egotistic / egotistical / selfish

n egotistical person / selfish person

egoísticament
adv egotistically / selfishly

egua
n (f) mare

eh
interj pardon? / sorry? / what? / come again? / eh?

ehem
interj ahem!

eina
n (f) tool

expr eina de comunicació
(f) communication tool

einsteini
n (m) einsteinium

Eivissa
n (f) Ibiza

eivissenc
adj relating to Ibiza or its people

n (m / f) (person / people) from Ibiza

eix
n 1. (m) axle
2. (m) shaft
3. (m) axis

eixam
n (m) swarm

eixamenar-se
v conj to swarm

eixamplament
n (m) widening

eixamplar
v conj to widen / to broaden / to enlarge

eixancarrar
v conj to open (or separate or spread) your legs / to do the split (Am.) / to do the splits (Br.)

eixàrcia
n (f) rigging

eixarrancar
v conj to open (or separate or spread) your legs / to do the split (Am.) / to do the splits (Br.)

eixe
adj that

n that one

eixelebrat
adj 1. scatterbrained / thoughtless / madcap / reckless
2. [manera de fer una cosa] willy-nilly / without thinking

n (m / f) scatterbrain

eixerit
adj 1. smart / sharp
2. vivacious / lively / sprightly

eixida
n (f) exit

eixir
v conj to go out / to leave

eixordar
v conj to deafen

eixugacabells
n (m) hairdryer

eixugamans
n (m) towel

expr eixugamans elèctric
(m) (hand) dryer

expr paper eixugamans
(m) paper towel

eixugaparabrises
n (f) windscreen wipers (Br.) / windshield wipers (Am.)

eixugar
v conj to dry

ejaculació
n (f) ejaculation

ejacular
v conj to ejaculate

elaboració
n (f) production

elaborar
v conj to manufacture / to make / to create

elamita
n (m / f) Elamite

adj Elamite

elapé
n (m) LP

elastà
n (m) elastane / spandex

elàstic
adj elastic

n elàstics (mpl) braces (Br.) / suspenders (Am.)

elasticitat
n (f) elasticity

elastina
n (f) elastin

eldenc
n (m / f) (person / people) from Elda

adj relating to Elda or its people

elecció
n 1. eleccions (fpl) election
2. (f) choice

expr eleccions parcials
(fpl) by-election (Br.)

electe
adj elect

expr president electe
(m / f) president elect

elector
n (m / f) voter

electoralisme
n (m) electioneering

electoralista
adj vote-grabbing / vote-seeking

electorat
n (m) electorate

elèctric
adj electric

electricista
n (m / f) electrician

electricitat
n (f) electricity

electrificació
n (f) electrification

electritzant
adj electrifying / blistering

electró
n (m) electron

electrocució
n (f) electrocution

electrocutar
v conj to electrocute

elèctrode
n (m) electrode

electrodeposició
n (f) electrodeposition

electrodomèstic
n household appliance / electrical appliance

electròlisi
n (f) electrolysis

electromagnètic
adj electromagnetic

electromagnetisme
n (m) electromagnetism

electròmetre
n (m) electrometer

electromotriu
adj electromotive

expr força electromotriu
(f) electromotive force

electrònic
adj electronic

electrònica
n (f) electronics

electroquímic
adj electrochemical

n electroquímica (f) electrochemistry

expr cèl·lula electroquímica
(f) electrochemical cell

electrostàtica
n (f) electrostatics

elefant
n (m) elephant

expr elefant africà
(m) African elephant

expr elefant asiàtic
(m) Asian elephant

expr com un elefant en una terrisseria (o cristalleria)
like a bull in a china shop

elegància
n (f) elegance

elegant
adj elegant / stylish

elegantment
adv elegantly / stylishly

elegia
n (f) elegy

elegible
adj eligible

elegir
v conj 1. to choose
2. to elect

element
n (m) element

elemental
adj elementary

eleusini
n (m / f) Eleusinian

adj Eleusinian

elevació
n 1. (f) elevation
2. (f) raising

elevar
v conj 1. to raise
2. to boost

elevat
adj high

elf
n (m) elf

elianer
n (m / f) (person / people) from l'Eliana

adj relating to l'Eliana or its people

eliminació
n (f) elimination

eliminar
v conj 1. to eliminate / to remove
2. to knock out

eliminatòria
n (f) round / heat

elisi
adj Elysian

n (m) Élysée (Palace)

expr Palau de l'Elisi
(m) Élysée Palace

elit
n (f) elite

elitisme
n (m) elitism

elixir
n (m) elixir

ell
pron he / him

ella
pron she / her

elles
pron they / them

el·lipse
n (f) ellipse

el·lipsi
n (f) ellipsis

ells
pron they / them

elodea
n (f) elodea / waterweeds

elogi
n (m) praise

elogiar
v conj to praise

eloqüència
n (f) eloquence

eloqüent
adj eloquent

El Salvador
n El Salvador

eludir
v conj 1. to avoid / to elude / to dodge / to shirk
2. to escape
3. [FIN] [impostos] to evade / to dodge

elusió
n (f) avoidance / evasion / elusion

elxà
adj of / from Elx

n (m / f) (person) from Elx

em
pron me / myself

emaciació
n (f) emaciation

emaciat
adj emaciated

emagrama
n (m) emagram

embadalir
v conj to enrapture
embadalir-se
embadalir-seto be fascinated / to be besotted

embafador
adj rich / stodgy / cloying (formal)

embafar
v conj to cloy

embafós
adj rich / stodgy / cloying (formal)

embalar
v conj to pack / to wrap / to package

embalatge
n (m) packing / packaging / wrapping / package

embalum
n (m) bulk

embaràs
n (m) pregnancy

embarassada
adj pregnant

embarbussament
n (m) tongue-twister / mouthful (col·loq.)

embarcació
n (f) craft / boat

embarcar
v conj 1. [vaixell] to load (something) onto (a boat or ship) / to put (something) on board (a boat or ship)
2. [tren, avió, bus] to load (something) onto (a train, plane, bus) / to put (something) on board (a train, plane, bus)
3. to get (somebody) involved in (something risky, dangerous or difficult)
embarcar-se
1. embarcar-se[vaixell] to get on / to go (or get) on board / to board (formal) / to go aboard ship (formal) / to embark (formal)
Es van embarcar cap a València. - They set sail for Valencia.
2. embarcar-se[tren, avió, bus] to get on / to go (or get) on board / to board (formal)
3. embarcar-seto embark on (or upon) (something risky, dangerous or difficult)

embargament
n (m) embargo

embargar
v conj to impound / to confiscate

embarrancar
v conj to run aground

embassament
n (m) dam / reservoir

embastar
v conj to tack / to baste

embat
n 1. (m) breaking / crashing
2. (m) [METEOR] southwesterly wind which blows inland from the sea during the summer (between April and September)
3. (m) outburst / lunge / assault / onslaught / attack

embeinar
v conj to sheathe

embellir
v conj to make (more) beautiful / to beautify
embellir-se
embellir-seto become (more) beautiful

embenar
v conj to bandage / to dress

embenat
n (m) bandage / dressing

emblemàtic
adj emblematic

embocadura
n (f) mouthpiece

embogir
v conj to drive (or send) (somebody) mad (or crazy)
embogir-se
embogir-seto go mad (or crazy)

embolcall
n (m) wrapper / wrapping

embolcallar
v conj 1. to envelop / to cover
2. to wrap

embolcar
v conj 1. to envelop / to cover
2. to wrap

embolic
n (m) mess / confusion / complication / tangle / muddle

embolicador
adj confusing / complicating

embolicar
v conj 1. to wrap
2. to tangle / to entangle / to muddle up / to make things complicated
3. to embroil (somebody) in (something) / to get (somebody) involved in (something)
embolicar-se
1. embolicar-seto get tangled up / to become messy / to get mixed up
2. embolicar-seto become embroiled in (something) / to get involved in (something)
3. embolicar-se[~ amb] to become involved (with)
4. embolicar-seto talk rubbish / to make things up

expr embolica que fa fort!
things are becoming more and more complicated!

expr embolicar la troca
to (further) complicate matters

emborratxar
v conj to get (somebody) drunk
emborratxar-se
emborratxar-seto get drunk

embós
n 1. (m) blockage / obstruction
2. (m) traffic jam

emboscada
n (f) ambush

embossar
v conj to clog (up) / to block / to bung (up)
embossar-se
embossar-seto clog up

embotellament
n (m) bottling

embotit
n 1. (m) sausage
2. (m) stuffing

embragatge
n (m) clutch

embrancar
v conj [camí] to link up with
embrancar-se
embrancar-seto get involved in / to become tangled up in

embriac
adj drunk

n (m / f) drunk

embriagar
v conj to get (somebody) drunk
embriagar-se
embriagar-seto get drunk

embriagat
adj drunk

embriaguesa
n (f) drunkenness

embrió
n (m) embryo

embriològic
adj embryological

embrionari
adj embryonic

embruix
n 1. (m) spell / curse
2. (m) bewitchment

embruixar
v conj to bewitch / to enchant

embrunir
v conj to tan
embrunir-se
embrunir-seto tan / to turn brown

embrutar
v conj to dirty (something) / to get (something) dirty
embrutar-se
embrutar-seto get dirty

embrutir
v conj 1. to dirty (something) / to get (something) dirty
2. to brutalize / to brutalise (Br.)

embús
n 1. (m) blockage / obstruction
2. (m) traffic jam

embussar
v conj to clog (up) / to block / to bung (up)
Nas embussat. - Bunged-up nose.
embussar-se
embussar-seto clog up

embut
n (m) funnel

expr sense embuts
without mincing your words

emètic
adj emetic

n (m) emetic

emetre
v conj 1. to emit / to send out
Emetre un senyal sonor. - To beep.
2. to express
Emetre una opinió. - To express an opinion.
3. to bring in / to return
Emetre un veredicte. - To bring in (or return) a verdict.
4. to issue
5. to broadcast

èmfasi
n (m) emphasis

emfasitzar
v conj to stress / to emphasize / to emphasise (Br.)

emfàtic
adj emphatic

emfàticament
adv emphatically

emfatitzar
v conj to stress / to emphasize / to emphasise (Br.) / to highlight

emfisema
n (m) emphysema

emigrant
n (m / f) emigrant

emigrar
v conj to emigrate

emilià
n (m / f) (person / people) from the region of Emilia in Northern Italy

adj relating to Emilia or its people

eminència
n (f) eminence

expr eminència grisa
(f) eminence grise

expr Sa Eminència
(m) Your Eminence / His Eminence

eminent
adj eminent

eminentment
adv chiefly / mainly / principally / primarily

emirat
n (m) emirate

expr Emirats Àrabs Units
(m) United Arab Emirates

emissió
n 1. (f) broadcast
2. (f) issuing
3. (f) emission
4. (f) discharge

expr emissions de carboni
(fpl) carbon emissions

expr emissions dels vehicles
(fpl) vehicle emissions

emissora
n (f) radio station

emmacat
n (m) pitching

emmagatzemament
n (m) storage

emmagatzemar
v conj to store / stockpile

emmagatzematge
n (m) storage

expr emmagatzematge de diòxid de carboni
(m) carbon sequestration

emmalaltir
v conj 1. to become ill / to get sick
2. to make (somebody) ill (or sick)
emmalaltir-se
emmalaltir-seto become ill / to get sick

emmanillar
v conj to handcuff / to cuff (col·loq.)

emmarcar
v conj to frame

emmental
n (m) emmental

emmerdar
v conj to make a mess of

emmetzinament
n (m) poisoning

emmetzinar
v conj to poison

emmidonar
v conj to starch

emmirallar
v conj to reflect
emmirallar-se
emmirallar-seto look at yourself in the mirror / to see yourself reflected / to be reflected

expr emmirallar-se en
to model yourself on (somebody)

emmorenir
v conj to tan

emmudir
v conj 1. to become mute / to lose the ability to speak
2. to fall silent

emmurallar
v conj to wall

emmurriar-se
v conj to sulk / to pout

emoció
n (f) emotion

emocionar
v conj to move / to touch / to affect
emocionar-se
emocionar-seto be moved / to be touched

emotiu
adj emotional

emotivitat
n (f) emotional nature / emotional impact

expr carregat d'emotivitat
emotionally charged

empadronar
v conj to register somebody with the town hall
empadronar-se
empadronar-seto register yourself with the town hall

empaitar
v conj 1. to chase / to hunt
2. to chase after / to pursue

empal·lidir
v conj to turn pale / to pale / to blanch
empal·lidir-se
empal·lidir-seto turn pale / to pale / to blanch

empalmar
v conj 1. to link / to join
2. to splice

empanadilla
n (f) pasty (Br.)

empantanegar
v conj to bog down
Aquest debat empantanegarà l'Assemblea General durant mesos. - That debate will bog down the General Assembly for months.
empantanegar-se
empantanegar-se[~ en] to become bogged down (in something)

empaperar
v conj 1. to (wall)paper
2. (col.loq) to prosecute

empara
n 1. (f) protection / shelter
2. (f) seizure / confiscation

expr a l'empara de
in accordance with

emparar
v conj to protect

emparellar
v conj to match / to pair off

emparentar
v conj to become related

empassar-se
v conj to swallow

empastifar
v conj to daub / to smear

empat
n (m) draw / tie

empatar
v conj 1. to draw / to tie
2. to equalize
Han aconseguit empatar en el minut 16. - They managed to equalize in the 16th minute.

empatia
n (f) empathy

empàtic
adj empathetic / empathic / sympathetic

empatollar
v conj to talk nonsense

expr què t'empatolles
what (on earth) are you going on about / what (on earth) are you blethering on about?

empedrar
v conj to pave

empedrat
n (m) paving

empenta
n 1. (f) push / shove
2. (f) boost

empenya
n 1. (f) instep (foot)
2. (f) vamp (shoe)

empènyer
v conj to push

empenyorament
n (m) pawning

expr casa d'empenyorament
(f) pawnshop / pawnbroker's

empenyorar
v conj to pawn

emperador
n 1. (m) emperor
2. (m) swordfish

empestat
n (m / f) plague victim

adj plague-stricken

empipador
adj annoying

empipar
v conj 1. to annoy
2. to bother / to disturb
empipar-se
empipar-seto get annoyed

empitjorament
n (m) worsening / deterioration

empitjorar
v conj 1. to make worse / to compound
2. to become worse / to get worse / to deteriorate

emplaçament
n (m) location

empleat
n (m / f) employee

emplenar
v conj to fill (in)

empollar
v conj to swot / to cram

empolsegat
adj dusty

empordanès
adj of / from Empordà

n (m / f) person from Empordà

emporità
n (m / f) (person / people) from the ancient city of Empúries in Northern Catalonia

adj relating to ancient Empúries or its people

emportar-se
v conj 1. to take / to carry
2. to take / to borrow
3. to take / to win / to receive
Hilary Swank s'ha emportat el guardó a la millor actriu. - Hilary Swank took / won the award for best actress.
Va ser l'Hostal de la Peira que es va emportar els aplaudiments més entusiastes. - It was Hostal de la Peira which received the most enthusiastic applause.
Serena Williams s'emporta una de les derrotes més humiliants de la seva carrera. - Serena Williams suffers one of the most humiliating defeats of her career.

emprar
v conj to use / to employ

empremta
n (f) print

emprendre
v conj 1. to undertake
2. to embark on

emprenedor
adj enterprising / entrepreneurial

n (m / f) entrepreneur

emprenedoria
n entrepreneurship

emprenyador
adj annoying / irritating

emprenyar
v conj to annoy / to bother
emprenyar-se
emprenyar-seto get (or become) angry

empresa
n 1. (f) firm / company / agency / business / enterprise
2. (f) enterprise / endeavour (Br.) / endeavor (Am.) / venture / undertaking

expr llibertat d'empresa
(f) free enterprise

empresari
n (m / f) businessman / businesswoman

empresarial
adj business

empresarials
n (m) business studies

empresonament
n (m) imprisonment / locking up

empresonar
v conj to imprison / to lock (someone) up

emprèstit
n 1. (m) loan
2. (m) borrowing

emprimació
n 1. (f) (producte) primer
2. (f) (procés) priming

emprimar
v conj to prime

emprovar
v conj to try on

empunyar
v conj to grip / to clasp / to grasp / to hold tight(ly)

emú
n (m) emu

emular
v conj to emulate

en
prep 1. [lloc, temps, manera in
Els guardem en caixes de fusta. - We keep them in wooden boxes.
Posaren els germans en classes separades. - They put the brother and sister in separate classes.
Van construir la casa en quatre mesos. - They built the house in four months.
Ella sap escriure en occità. - She knows how to write in Occitan.
Parla en veu baixa. - He is speaking in a low voice.
2. [usada en correlació amb 'de', denotant distribució] to

expr de dia en dia
from day to day

expr de porta en porta
from door to door

expr de tant en tant
from time to time

enaltiment
n (m) praise

enaltir
v conj to praise

enamorar
v conj enamorar-se
enamorar-se[~ de] to fall in love (with)

enamorat
n (m / f) lover

adj in love

enarborar
v conj to raise / to hoist

enarcar
v conj to arch

expr enarcar les celles
to raise your eyebrows

enardir
v conj to inflame

ençà
adv up to here

expr d'ençà (de)
since
D'ençà (de) l'any 1999. - Since 1999.

encabir
v conj 1. to fit (something) in / into (something)
2. to hold (something)
encabir-se
encabir-seto fit

encadenar
v conj 1. to chain (up)
2. to chain together / to link together
encadenar-se
encadenar-se[~ a] to chain yourself to

encaixada
n (f) handshake

expr encaixada de mans
(f) handshake

encaixament
n (m) (del cap d'un nadó) engagement

encaixar
v conj 1. to fit
2. [fig.] to be fitting (or appropriate)
3. to fit (something) into (something else)
4. to put (something) in a box / to box (something) up
5. [ESPORT] to let in (a goal)
encaixar-se
encaixar-se[MED] [fetus] to engage

expr encaixar bé una notícia
to take a piece of news well

expr encaixar malament una notícia
to take a piece of news badly

expr encaixar un cop
to take a hit

expr encaixar la mà (o les mans)
to shake hands

encalçar
v conj to chase after

encallar
v conj 1. to become stuck
2. [barca] to run aground / to become stranded

encanonar
v conj 1. to wind (something) on to a spindle (or bobbin)
2. to take aim at (something)

encantador
adj charming / lovely / enchanting

encantar
v conj 1. to love / to enjoy
2. to enchant

encanteri
n (m) spell / bewitchment

encapçalar
v conj to head / to lead

encaparrar
v conj to give (somebody) a headache
encaparrar-se
encaparrar-seto worry / to get very worried

encara
adv 1. still
2. even

expr encara que
even though / even if / albeit

encarar
v conj to face (something)

encarcarar
v conj to stiffen / to make rigid
encarcarar-se
encarcarar-seto stiffen / to become rigid

encarcarat
adj stiff / rigid

encarrilar
v conj 1. to put on the rails
2. to put on the right track / to put back on track

encariment
n (m) rise in cost

encarir
v conj to raise (the cost of something) / to make (something) more expensive
encarir-se
encarir-seto rise (in price)

encarnació
n (f) embodiment

encarnar
v conj to embody

encàrrec
n 1. (m) order
2. (m) errand
3. (m) job

expr per encàrrec
on request

expr per encàrrec de (X)
at (X)'s request / at the request of (X)

encarregar
v conj 1. to entrust
2. to order / to commission
encarregar-se
encarregar-seto take care of
No pateixis, jo mateix me n'encarregaré. - Don't worry, I'll take care of it myself.

encarregat
n (m / f) man / woman / body in charge of sth

encasellar
v conj to pigeonhole

encèfal
n (m) encephalon

expr tronc de l'encèfal
(m) brainstem

encegar
v conj to blind / to dazzle
encegar-se
encegar-seto be blinded

encenall
n 1. (m) piece of kindling
Encenalls. - Kindling.
2. (m) shaving

expr foc d'encenalls
(m) flash in the pan

encendre
v conj 1. to set fire to
2. [una espelma / una pipa] to light
3. [llum / aparell] to switch on / to turn on
4. [passions] to inflame
encendre's
encendre'sto catch fire / to burn

encenedor
n (m) lighter

encens
n (m) frankincense

encerclar
v conj 1. to encircle / to surround
2. [amb llapis o bolígraf] to ring

encertar
v conj 1. to hit
2. to get right
3. to find
4. to guess (right)

encertat
adj appropriate / fitting / apt

encetar
v conj to begin / to start

enciam
n (m) lettuce

enciclopèdia
n (f) encyclopaedia (Br.) / encyclopedia (Am.)

encinta
adj pregnant

encís
n (m) charm

encisador
adj charming / bewitching / spellbinding / enchanting

encisar
v conj to bewitch / to charm

encistellar
v conj 1. to put (something) in a basket
2. [ESPORT] to score a basket

enclusa
n (f) anvil

encobriment
n 1. (m) concealment
2. (m) cover-up

encobrir
v conj to conceal / to cover up

encolar
v conj to glue

encolomar
v conj 1. to dump (something) on (someone)
2. to palm (something) off on / onto (someone)
3. to pin (something) on (somebody)

encomanar
v conj 1. to entrust
2. to infect
encomanar-se
encomanar-se[~ de] to become infected by / to be spread / to be contagious
S'encomana per l'aire a través de la tos. - It is spread through the air by coughing.
Aquesta malaltia no s'encomana. - This disease isn't contagious.

encomi
n (m) praise / eulogy

encomiable
adj praiseworthy / laudable / commendable

encongir-se
v conj to shrink

encoratjador
adj encouraging

encoratjar
v conj to encourage

encreuament
n (m) crossing

encreuar-se
v conj to intersect

encriptar
v conj to encrypt

encunyar
v conj to coin

encuriosir
v conj to awaken (somebody's) curiosity
encuriosir-se
encuriosir-seto become interested in (something)

endarrere
adv 1. backward(s) / back
2. at the back / behind
3. in the past / ago

endarreriatges
n (mpl) arrears

endarreriment
n 1. (m) delay
2. endarreriments (mpl) arrears

endarrerir
v conj to put back / to delay
endarrerir-se
1. endarrerir-seto get put back / to get delayed
2. endarrerir-seto lag behind
3. endarrerir-se[en un pagament] to fall (or get) into arrears / to be in arrears

endavant
adv forward

expr d'ara endavant
from now on

expr per endavant
in advance

endegar
v conj 1. to organize / to tidy up / to arrange
2. to put together
3. to get (something) on the right path
4. to begin

endemà
n (m) the day after / the next day / the following day

endemés
adv furthermore / what is more / in addition

endèmia
n (f) endemic disease

endèmic
n endemic

endemig
n (m) interim period

expr en l'endemig
in the meantime / in the interim

endemisme
n (m) endemism

enderroc
n 1. (m) demolition
2. (m) rubble

enderrocament
n 1. (m) demolition
2. (m) (d'un govern, d'un sistema..) overthrow

enderrocar
v conj 1. [un edifici, un pont..] to demolish / to knock down / to pull down
2. to knock over / to knock down
3. to overthrow
enderrocar-se
enderrocar-seto fall down / to collapse

endeutament
n (m) debt

endeutar
v conj to get (somebody) into debt / to land (somebody) in debt
endeutar-se
endeutar-seto get (yourself) into debt / to land (yourself) in debt

endevinalla
n (f) riddle

endevinar
v conj 1. to guess
2. to predict / to foretell / to prophesy

endimoniat
adj 1. possessed
2. wicked

n man (woman, boy, girl..) possessed
Tocava la bateria com un endimoniat. - He played the drums like a man possessed.

endins
adv 1. inside
2. inward / inwards (Br.)

endinsar
v conj to insert / to put (something) into (something)
endinsar-se
1. endinsar-seto go deep into (something)
Els amics es van endinsar en un bosc on no entrava la llum del sol. - The friends went deep into a forest where the sun's light didn't penetrate.
2. endinsar-seto get really involved in (something) / to become absorbed in (something) / to go into (something) in depth

endiumenjar-se
v conj to dress in (or dress up in or put on or wear) your Sunday best

endívia
n 1. (f) [varietat de xicoira] chicory / endive (Am.)
2. (f) [escarola] endive (Br.)

endocardi
n (m) endocardium

endocarditis
n (f) endocarditis

endocitosi
n (f) endocytosis

endocrí
adj endocrine

endocrinòleg
n (m / f) endocrinologist

endocrinologia
n (f) endocrinology

endoll
n (m) plug

endollar
v conj to plug in / to turn on

endorfina
n (f) endorphine

endormiscament
n (m) drowsiness

endormiscar-se
v conj to doze

endoscòpia
n (f) endoscopy

endossar
v conj 1. to dump (something) on (someone)
2. to palm (something) off (on / onto someone)
3. to endorse / to indorse

endoteli
n (m) endothelium

endotelial
adj endothelial
Cèl·lules endotelials. - Endothelial cells.

endreçar
v conj 1. to tidy up / to clean up / to sort out
2. to dedicate

enduriment
n (m) hardening / stiffening / strengthening

expr enduriment de les artèries
(m) hardening of the arteries

endurir
v conj to harden / to strengthen / to stiffen
endurir-se
endurir-seto harden / to become hard

endur-se
v conj 1. to take (away) / to make off with (col·loq)
2. to win

ènema
n (m) enema

enemic
n (m / f) enemy

adj enemy

enemistat
n (f) enmity

energètic
adj energy
Política energètica. - Energy policy.

energia
n (f) energy

expr energia eòlica
(f) wind energy

expr energia hidroelèctrica
(f) hydroelectricity

expr energia potencial
(f) potential energy

expr energia radiant
(f) radiant energy

expr energia solar
(f) solar energy

expr energia tèrmica
(f) thermal energy

enèrgic
adj energetic / vigorous

enèrgicament
adv vigorously / energetically

enèsim
adj umpteenth

enfadar
v conj to anger / to annoy
enfadar-se
enfadar-seto get angry / to become angry / to get annoyed / to become annoyed

enfadat
adj angry / annoyed

enfarinar
v conj to coat with flour / to cover with flour / to dip in flour

enfeinat
adj busy

expr estar enfeinat
to be busy / to have a lot on / to have a lot on your plate

enfilar
v conj 1. to string
2. to thread
3. to thread together
4. to go up
enfilar-se
1. enfilar-seto climb (up)
2. enfilar-seto make for / to head for
3. enfilar-seto get angry

enfocar
v conj to focus (on)

enfonsament
n (m) sinking / collapse

enfonsar
v conj 1. to sink
2. to knock down
3. [destruir] to scuttle / to scupper (Br.)
enfonsar-se
1. enfonsar-seto sink
2. enfonsar-seto collapse

enforcadura
n (f) fork

enfortir
v conj to strengthen
enfortir-se
enfortir-seto grow (o become) stronger / to strengthen

enfosquir
v conj 1. to darken / to dim
2. to get dark
enfosquir-se
enfosquir-seto get dark / to darken

enfredorir
v conj to cool / to chill
enfredorir-se
enfredorir-seto cool down / to become (or get) cold / to grow (or get) chilly

enfrontament
n (m) clash

enfrontar
v conj to face
enfrontar-se
enfrontar-seto face each other / to come face to face

enfuriat
adj furious

enfurismar
v conj to infuriate / to enrage
enfurismar-se
enfurismar-seto get (hopping) mad / to go (hopping) mad / to get angry

enfurismat
adj furious / hopping mad

enfurrunyar-se
v conj 1. to sulk / to give (someone) the silent treatment
2. to become (or get) angry

engalanar
v conj to deck out / to festoon

enganxar
v conj to stick (together)

enganxifós
adj 1. sticky
2. (persona) clingy
3. (cançó) catchy

enganxós
adj 1. sticky
2. (persona) clingy
3. (cançó) catchy

engany
n 1. (m) deception / trick / swindle
2. (m) mistake
3. (m) delusion

enganyar
v conj to deceive / to mislead / to fool
enganyar-se
enganyar-seto fool yourself / to delude yourself / to kid yourself

enganyifa
n (f) hoax / scam / trick / practical joke

engegar
v conj 1. to start up
2. [un tret] to fire
3. to throw
4. to get rid of

engendrar
v conj 1. to father
2. to produce / to create / to cause / to engender (formal)

enginy
n (m) ingenuity / wit / talent / inventiveness / cleverness

enginyar
v conj to devise / to come up with

enginyer
n (m / f) engineer

enginyeria
n (f) engineering

enginyós
adj 1. resourceful
2. ingenious / inventive

enginyosament
adv ingeniously

englobar
v conj to include / to encompass / to comprise / to incorporate

engolir
v conj 1. to swallow
2. to engulf
engolir-se
engolir-seto polish off / to scoff

engonal
n (m) groin

engranatge
n (m) gears / cogs

engrapar
v conj to staple

engreix
n (m) fattening

expr granja d'engreix
(f) feedlot (Am.) / CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) (Am.) / factory farm

engreixar
v conj 1. to fatten (up)
2. to make (someone) fat / to make (someone) put on weight / to be fattening
3. to grease
4. to bribe
engreixar-se
engreixar-seto put on weight

engrescador
adj encouraging

engrescar
v conj to encourage / to persuade

engròs
n -
A l'engròs. - In bulk / wholesale.

engrossir
v conj to enlarge / to expand
engrossir-se
engrossir-seto become (or get) bigger (or larger)

engruna
n (f) crumb

enguany
adv this year

enguerí
n (m / f) (person / people) from Énguera

adj relating to Énguera or its people

enguixar
v conj to plaster

enigma
n (m) enigma

enjardinament
n (m) landscaping

enjardinar
v conj to landscape

enjogassat
adj playful

enlairament
n (m) takeoff

enlairar
v conj to take off

enlaire
adv high (in the air)

expr estar (una cosa) enlaire
to be up in the air

enllaç
n (m) link

enllaçar
v conj to link

enllestir
v conj to finish / to prepare / to complete / to make ready

enlloc
adv 1. anywhere
2. nowhere

enllorar
v conj to steam up / to fog up
enllorar-se
enllorar-seto steam up / to fog up

enlluernador
adj dazzling / blinding

enlluernar
v conj to glare / to dazzle / to blind

enllumenat
n 1. (m) lighting
2. (m) lights

enllustrar
v conj to polish

enmig de
prep in the midst of / in the middle of / amid / amidst

ennegrir
v conj to blacken

ennuvolar-se
v conj to cloud over

ennuvolat
adj cloudy / overcast

enologia
n (f) enology (science of wine and wine making)

enorme
adj enormous / huge

enormitat
n (f) enormity

enover
n (m / f) (person / people) from l'Ènova

adj relating to l'Ènova or its people

enquesta
n (f) survey

enquestador
n (m / f) pollster / market researcher

enquestar
v conj to survey / to poll

enrabiada
n (f) fit of anger / tantrum / hissy (fit) (col·loq.)

enrabiar
v conj to anger / to annoy
enrabiar-se
enrabiar-seto become (o get) angry / to become (o get) annoyed

enrajolar
v conj to tile

enrampada
n (f) electric shock

enrampar
v conj 1. to give (someone) a cramp / to cause (someone) to cramp up
2. to give (someone) a shock
enrampar-se
1. enrampar-seto get a cramp / to cramp (up)
2. enrampar-seto get (or receive) a shock

enraonar
v conj 1. to talk / to chat
2. to discuss

enrarir
v conj to rarefy
enrarir-se
enrarir-seto rarefy

enravenar
v conj to stiffen / to make rigid
enravenar-se
enravenar-seto stiffen / to become rigid

enredar
v conj 1. to fool / to deceive
2. to tangle up

enrenou
n (m) fuss / commotion / stir / stink

expr provocar un enrenou
to cause a stir (or fuss or commotion or stink)

enregistrament
n 1. (m) recording
2. (m) registration

enregistrar
v conj 1. to register
2. to record

enrere
adv 1. backward(s) / back
2. at the back / behind
3. in the past / ago

enriquiment
n (m) enrichment

enriquir
v conj 1. to make (somebody) rich
2. to enrich
Enriquir l'urani. - To enrich uranium.
enriquir-se
1. enriquir-seto become rich
2. enriquir-seto enhance / to improve (fig.)

enrossir
v conj to (lightly) brown
Enrossiu les cebes. - Lightly brown the onions.

ens
pron us

n (m) entity

ensabonar
v conj 1. to soap
2. to soft-soap

ensagnar
v conj to stain with blood / to cover with blood / to bloody
ensagnar-se
ensagnar-seto get all bloody

ensagnat
adj bloodied / bloodstained / covered in (or with) blood

ensaïmada
n 1. (f) [ALIM] ensaimada (a Mallorcan pastry)
2. (f) [INFORM] at (sign)

ensalada
n (f) salad

expr ensalada russa
(f) Russian salad

ensaladilla
n (f) Russian salad

ensangonar
v conj to stain with blood / to cover with blood / to bloody
ensangonar-se
ensangonar-seto get all bloody

ensangonat
adj bloodied / bloodstained / covered in (or with) blood

ensems
adv 1. at the same time
2. together

ensenya
n (f) standard / ensign

ensenyament
n (m) education / teaching

ensenyar
v conj to teach

ensinistrar
v conj to train

ensopegar
v conj 1. [~ amb] [sentit físic] to trip (over) / to stumble (over or on)
2. [~ amb] [dificultats o problemes] to run into / to hit / to come up against
3. [encertar a trobar] to hit upon / to stumble upon / to chance upon
ensopegar-se
ensopegar-se[data] to fall on

ensopiment
n (m) drowsiness

ensopit
adj 1. drowsy / half-asleep
2. boring

ensordidor
adj deafening

ensordir
v conj 1. to deafen
2. [LING] to devoice

ensorrada
n 1. (f) collapse
2. (f) slump

ensorrament
n 1. (m) collapse
2. (m) slump

ensorrar
v conj to pull down / to knock down
ensorrar-se
1. ensorrar-seto fall down / to collapse
2. ensorrar-seto slump / to nosedive / to plummet

ensucrar
v conj to sweeten with sugar / to sprinkle with sugar

ensucrat
adj sweetened (with sugar)

ensulsiada
n (f) collapse

ensulsiar-se
v conj to collapse

ensumar
v conj 1. to sniff
2. to smell

ensurt
n (m) fright / scare / shock

entabanar
v conj to con / to dupe / to fool / to hustle / to swindle / to trick

entelar
v conj 1. to steam up / to fog up
2. [fig.] to tarnish
entelar-se
entelar-seto steam up / to fog up

entendre
v conj to understand / to comprehend
entendre's
1. entendre'sto be comprehensible / to be understandable / to make sense
2. entendre'sto get along
3. entendre's[relacions amoroses secretes] to carry on with / to have an affair with

n (m) understanding

expr al meu entendre
as (far as) I see it

enteniment
n (m) understanding

enter
adj complete / whole

n (m) integer

enterbolir
v conj to make something cloudy / to make something murky / to cloud

enterc
adj 1. stiff
2. stubborn

enteròcit
n (m) enterocyte

enterrador
n (m / f) gravedigger

enterrament
n (m) burial

enterramorts
n (m / f) gravedigger

enterrar
v conj to bury

entesa
n (f) understanding / agreement

entitat
n 1. (f) entity
2. (f) body

entonar
v conj to chant / to intone (formal)

entorcillar
v conj to twist / to wind

entorcillat
adj twisted

entorn
n 1. (m) surroundings
2. entorns (mpl) vicinity / environs (formal) / surrounding area

entortolligar
v conj to coil / to twist / to wind

entossudir-se
v conj [~ a + infinitiu] to (stubbornly) insist on (+gerund)

entotsolar-se
v conj to isolate oneself / to hide oneself away

entrada
n 1. (f) entry
2. (f) entrance / entry / way in
3. (f) ticket
4. (f) [FIN] down payment
5. (f) [ESPORT] [futbol] tackle
6. (f) [ESPORT] [beisbol] inning

expr pagar una entrada (en una compra a terminis)
to put down (o pay) a deposit

entranya
n (f) guts / bowels / entrails

entranyable
adj profound

entrar
v conj to enter

expr deixar entrar
to admit / to let in

entre
prep between / among / amongst / amid / amidst

entreacte
n (m) intermission

entrecot
n (m) entrecôte / (boneless) rib steak

entrecuix
n (m) crotch

entreforc
n (m) fork

entregar
v conj 1. to hand over / to present / to deliver
2. to hand in (Br.) / to give in (Br.) / to turn in (Am.)
Després d'exposar-se en classe, l'informe s'entregarà al professor. - After being presented in class, the report will be handed (or given or turned) in to the teacher.

entremaliadura
n (f) prank

entremaliat
adj naughty

entremig
adv in the middle (of) / amongst

entrenador
n (m / f) coach

entrenament
n (m) training

entrenar
v conj to train
entrenar-se
entrenar-seto train

entreobrir
v conj to half open

entrepà
n (m) sandwich

entresol
n (m) mezzanine

entretenir
v conj 1. to hold (somebody) up / to slow (somebody) down / to delay (somebody)
2. to entertain / to amuse
entretenir-se
1. entretenir-seto hang about / to dawdle
2. entretenir-seto keep yourself amused / to entertain yourself

entreveure
v conj to glimpse / to make out

entrevista
n (f) interview

expr entrevista de selecció
(f) job interview

expr fer una entrevista a (algú)
to interview (someone)

entrevistador
n (m / f) interviewer

entrevistar
v conj to interview

entroncar
v conj 1. to become part of a family / to become related
2. to connect

entronització
n (f) enthronement

entronitzar
v conj to enthrone

entropia
n (f) entropy

entusiasmar
v conj to make somebody enthusiastic / to enthuse (somebody)
entusiasmar-se
entusiasmar-se[~ amb] to be enthusiastic about / to get enthusiastic about / to enthuse about

entusiasme
n (m) enthusiasm

entusiasta
n (m / f) enthusiast / fan

adj enthusiastic

enuig
n (m) annoyance / displeasure

enumeració
n (f) enumeration / list

enumerar
v conj to enumerate

envair
v conj to invade

enveja
n (f) envy

envejable
adj enviable

envejablement
adv enviably

envejar
v conj to be envious of / to envy

envejós
adj envious

envelat
n 1. (m) marquee
2. (m) (de circ) big top

envelliment
n (m) aging / ageing (Br.)

envellir
v conj to grow old / to age

enverinament
n (m) poisoning

enverinar
v conj to poison

envernissar
v conj to varnish

envers
prep towards

enviar
v conj to send

enviat
n (m / f) envoy

expr enviat especial
(m / f) special envoy

envoltar
v conj to surround

enxampar
v conj to catch

enyor
n (m) longing

enyorament
n (m) longing / nostalgia

enyorança
n (f) longing / nostalgia

enyorar
v conj to miss

enze
n (m) simpleton / idiot / blockhead

enzim
n (m) enzyme

enzimàtic
adj enzyme
Activitat enzimàtica. - Enzyme activity.

enzoòtia
n (f) enzootic

enzoòtic
adj enzootic

eoli
n (m / f) Aeolian

adj Aeolian

ep
interj hey!

epicentre
n (m) epicentre (Br.) / epicenter (Am.)

epicureisme
n (m) epicureanism

epicuri
adj epicurean

n (m / f) pleasure seeker

epidèmia
n (f) epidemic

expr epidèmia de la SIDA
(f) AIDS epidemic

epidemiòleg
n (m / f) epidemiologist

epidemiologia
n (f) epidemiology

epidemiològic
adj epidemiological

epidermis
n (f) epidermis

epidídim
n (m) epididymis

epifania
n (f) epiphany

epífisi
n (f) epiphysis

epífora
n (f) epiphora

epiglotis
n (f) epiglottis

epíleg
n (m) epilogue / epilog

epilèpsia
n (f) epilepsy

epilèptic
n (m / f) epileptic

adj epileptic

expr crisi epilèptica
(f) epileptic fit

episcopal
adj 1. episcopal
2. Episcopal

episcopalià
n (m / f) Episcopalian

adj Episcopalian

episiotomia
n (f) episiotomy

episodi
n 1. (m) episode
2. (m) (serial, soap opera) instalment (Br.) / installment (Am.)

epistemòleg
n (m / f) epistemologist

epistemologia
n (f) epistemology

epistolar
adj epistolary

epitafi
n (m) epitaph

epitàlem
n (m) epithalamus

epizoòtia
n (f) epizootic

epizoòtic
adj epizootic

epizootiologia
n (f) epizootiology

època
n 1. (f) era / epoch / age
2. (f) time

EPROM
acr (f) EPROM

equació
n (f) equation

expr equació lineal
(f) linear equation

expr equació quadràtica
(f) quadratic equation

Equador
n (m) Ecuador

equatoguineà
n (m / f) Equatoguinean / Equatorial Guinean

adj Equatoguinean / Equatorial Guinean

equatorià
adj Ecuadorian

n (m / f) Ecuadorian

eqüestre
adj equestrian

equi
adj equine

equidna
n (m) echidna
nota: Petit mamífer australià. S'assembla molt a l'eriçó.

equilibrar
v conj to balance
equilibrar-se
equilibrar-seto balance (out)

equilibrat
adj balanced

expr una dieta equilibrada
a balanced diet

equilibri
n 1. (m) balance
2. (m) stability
3. (m) equilibrium

equimosi
n (f) ecchymosis (tec.) / bruise

equinocci
n (m) equinox

equinoderm
n (m) echinoderm

equip
n (m) team

equipament
n 1. (m) material
2. (m) equipment
3. (m) [ROBA] outfit

equipar
v conj 1. to equip
2. to kit out / to outfit

equiparació
n (f) comparison / likening

equiparar
v conj to liken

equipatge
n (m) luggage

expr equipatge de mà
(m) carry-on (luggage)

equitat
n (f) equity (formal) / fairness

equitatiu
adj equitable (formal) / fair / just

equitativament
adv equitably (formal) / fairly

equivaldre
v conj to be equivalent to

equivalent
adj equivalent

n (m) equivalent

equivaler
v conj to be equivalent to

equivocar
v conj to confuse / to mix up
equivocar-se
equivocar-seto be mistaken / to get something wrong

eradicació
n (f) eradication

eradicar
v conj to eradicate / to wipe out

erari
n 1. (m) public funds
2. (m) Treasury

erbi
n (m) erbium

erecció
n (f) erection

erèctil
adj erectile

expr disfunció erèctil
(f) erectile dysfunction

eremita
n hermit

ergonomia
n (f) ergonomics

ergonòmic
adj ergonomic

ergonòmicament
adv ergonomically

ergonomista
n (m / f) ergonomist

eriçó
n (m) hedgehog

expr eriçó de mar
(m) sea urchin

erigir
v conj to erect

Eritrea
n (f) Eritrea

eritreu
n (m / f) Eritrean

adj Eritrean

eritròcit
n (m) erythrocyte

erm
n (m) hermitage

ermini
n (m) ermine

ermita
n (f) hermitage

ermità
n (m / f) hermit

erogen
adj erogenous

eròtic
adj erotic

errada
n (f) error

errant
adj 1. errant / wandering
2. errant

expr cavaller errant
(m) knight-errant

expr el Jueu errant
the Wandering Jew

errar
v conj to make a mistake / to get (something) wrong / to be wrong

expr errar és humà
to err is human

errata
n (f) erratum
nota: Forma plural - 'errata'.

expr fe d'errates
(f) (list of) errata

erràtic
adj erratic

erroni
adj wrong

error
n (m) mistake / error

eructar
v conj to burp / to belch

eructe
n (m) burp / belch

eruga
n (f) caterpillar

erupció
n 1. (f) eruption
2. (f) rash / eruption

es
pron himself / herself / itself / themselves / yourself

esbalair
v conj to amaze / to astonish / to astound

esbalaït
adj amazed / astounded / astonished / flabbergasted / dumbfounded / dumbstruck

esbandir
v conj to rinse

esbargir-se
v conj to take a break / to relax / to unwind

esbarjo
n (m) break / recreation

expr d'esbarjo
recreational

esbart
n (m) Catalan folk dancing group

esbiaixar
v conj 1. to cut on the bias
2. to bias

esbiaixat
adj biased

esbombar
v conj to spread
esbombar-se
esbombar-seto spread

esborrany
n draft

esborrar
v conj 1. to rub out / to erase
2. to delete

esborronador
adj 1. chilling / spooky / scary
2. lurid

esborronar
v conj 1. to chill
2. to appal (Br.) / to appall (Am.) / to horrify

esbós
n (m) sketch

esbossar
v conj to sketch

esbrinar
v conj to figure out / to determine / to discover / to ascertain

esbronc
n (m) ticking off / telling off / scolding

esbroncada
n (f) ticking off / telling off / scolding

esbroncar
v conj to scold (formal) / to berate (formal) / to take (somebody) to task / to give (somebody) an earful (col·loq.) / to tell (somebody) off / to give (somebody) a ticking off / to give (somebody) a telling off

esbudellar
v conj to gut / to disembowel

esbufec
n (m) pant / snort

esbufegar
v conj to pant / to snort

esbullar
v conj [cabells] to tousle / to rumple

esca
n (f) tinder

escabellar
v conj to mess up (someone's) / to ruffle (someone's) hair / to muss up (someone's) hair (Am.)
escabellar-se
escabellar-seto get (or have) your hair messed up

escabellat
adj dishevelled / tousled

escabetx
n (m) pickle / brine

escabetxar
v conj 1. to pickle
2. (col.loq) [matar] to do away with (somebody)
3. (col.loq) [suspendre] to fail (a student)

escabrós
adj 1. [terreny] rough / bumpy
2. risky
3. [obscè] lurid / risqué

escac
n 1. (m) check
2. escacs (mpl) chess

expr escac i mat
checkmate

escadusser
adj odd / rare / scarce / infrequent

escafandre
n (m) diving suit

expr escafandre espacial
(m) space suit

escafandrisme
n (m) (deep sea) diving

escafandrista
n (m / f) (deep sea) diver

escai
n (m) imitation leather / artificial leather

escaiença
n 1. (f) appropriateness / suitability
2. (f) occasion

expr en l'escaiença de
on the occasion of

escaient
adj appropriate / suitable / fitting

escaig
n (m) remnant

expr i escaig
1. just over... / a little over... / ...and a bit / a bit more than...
Deu euros i escaig. - Ten and a bit euros / ten euros and a bit / a little over ten euros / just over ten euros.
Ara fa un any i escaig. - Just over (or a little over) a year ago.
Cinc-cents mots i escaig. - Just over five hundred words.
2. just after
A les deu i escaig. - Just after 10 o'clock.

escaiola
n 1. (f) plaster
2. (f) cast

escaire
n 1. (m) set square (Br.) / triangle (Am.)
2. (m) right angle

escala
n 1. (f) ladder
2. (f) stairs
3. (f) staircase
4. (f) stairwell
5. (f) scale
6. (f) stopover

expr escala automàtica
(f) escalator

expr escala de cargol
(f) spiral staircase

expr escala de Richter
(f) Richter scale

expr escala de tisora
(f) stepladder

escalabrar
v conj 1. to split (somebody's) head open
2. to badly hurt (or damage)

escalada
n 1. (f) rock climbing
2. (f) climb
3. (f) escalation

escalador
n (m / f) climber

escalar
v conj 1. to climb
2. to scale

escaldar
v conj 1. to scald
2. [ALIM] to boil / to steam / to blanch

escalè
adj [MAT] scalene
Triangle escalè. - Scalene triangle.

escalf
n (m) warmth

escalfador
n 1. (m) heater
2. escalfadors (mpl) leg warmers

adj heating

escalfallits
n (m) bed warmer

escalfament
n 1. (m) warming
2. (m) heating
3. (m) [ESPORT] warm up

expr escalfament global
(m) global warming

escalfaplats
n (m) hotplate

escalfar
v conj 1. to heat
2. to rouse
3. to beat
4. [ESPORT] to warm up
escalfar-se
1. escalfar-seto warm up
2. escalfar-seto become heated
3. escalfar-seto get turned on / to become aroused
4. escalfar-se[ESPORT] to warm up
5. escalfar-se (col.loq) to get drunk

escalfor
n (f) warmth

escalonar
v conj 1. to terrace
2. to space out / to spread out
3. to stagger

escalonat
adj 1. terraced
2. staggered

escalopa
n (f) escalope

escalpel
n (m) scalpel

escalunya
n (f) shallot

escamarlà
n (m) langoustine / Dublin Bay prawn / Norway lobster

escambell
n (m) stool

escamot
n 1. (m) squad
2. (m) small herd

escampar
v conj 1. to scatter
2. to spread
3. (col.loq) [diners] to squander
escampar-se
escampar-seto scatter

escandalitzar
v conj to scandalize / to shock
escandalitzar-se
escandalitzar-seto be scandalized / to be shocked

escandalós
adj 1. scandalous / outrageous
2. (col.loq) noisy

n (m / f) (col.loq) noisy (boy, girl, person..)

escandalosament
adv scandalously / outrageously

escandi
n (m) scandium

escandinau
adj Scandinavian

n (m / f) Scandinavian

Escandinàvia
n (f) Scandinavia

escàndol
n 1. (m) scandal
2. (m) racket

escaneig
n (m) scanning

escanejar
v conj to scan

escàner
n (m) scanner

escantell
n (m) splinter / shard / fragment / sliver

escanyar
v conj to strangle

escanyolit
adj skinny / emaciated / scrawny / puny

escapament
n (m) leak

escapar
v conj to slip
escapar-se
escapar-se[~ de] to escape (from) / to run away (from) / to get away (from)

escapolir-se
v conj to escape / to flee / to run away

escarabat
n (m) beetle

expr escarabat morrut
(m) red palm weevil

expr escarabat piloter
(m) scarab

escarabeu
n (m) scarab

escarafalls
n (mpl) fuss

expr fer escarafalls
to make a fuss

escaramussa
n 1. (f) skirmish / scuffle
2. (f) quarrel / dispute / (entre polítics) skirmish

escarlata
adj scarlet

n (m) scarlet

expr La Pimpinella Escarlata
The Scarlet Pimpernel

escarmentar
v conj 1. to teach (somebody) a lesson
2. to learn your lesson
escarmentar-se
escarmentar-seto learn your lesson

escarn
n (m) jeer / jibe / insult / derision

escarni
n (m) jeer / jibe / insult / derision

escarnir
v conj 1. to mock / to jeer
2. to make fun of / to poke fun at / to take the mickey out of (col·loq.) (Br.)

escarola
n (f) endive

escarransit
adj 1. puny / scrawny
2. mean / stingy / cheap (Am.)

escarrassar-se
v conj to slave away / to overwork / to toil / to make every possible effort / to bust a gut / to knock yourself out

escartejar
v conj 1. to flick through
2. [cartes] to shuffle

escarxofa
n (f) artichoke

escarxofar-se
v conj to relax (into a chair) / to lounge (in a chair) / to settle back (into a chair) / to get comfortable (in a chair) / to loll (in a chair)

escàs
adj scarce

escassejar
v conj 1. to be scarce
2. to ration

escassetat
n (f) shortage / scarcity

escatimar
v conj to skimp on / to stint on / to scrimp on

escatir
v conj 1. to prune / to cut back
2. to clarify / to sort out / to elucidate

escaure
v conj 1. to be appropriate / to suit / to fit
2. to suit / to go

expr si s'escau
if the chance arises

escenari
n 1. (m) scene
2. (m) stage

escenificació
n 1. (f) staging
2. (f) dramatization / dramatisation (Br.)

escenificar
v conj 1. to stage
2. to dramatize / to dramatise (Br.)

escenògraf
n (m / f) set designer / stage designer / theatrical designer / scenographer

escenografia
n (f) set design / stage design / theatrical design / scenography

escèptic
adj sceptic

escepticisme
n (m) scepticism

escindir
v conj to split
escindir-se
1. escindir-seto split
2. escindir-se(~ de) to split away from / to break away from

escintil·lòmetre
n (m) scintillometer

escita
n (m / f) Scythian

adj Scythian

esclafar
v conj to flatten / to squash / to crush / to crack open

esclafidor
n esclafidors (mpl) castanets

esclafir
v conj 1. [fuet] to crack / [tro] to crash
2. to crack / to smack

expr esclafir a plorar
to burst into tears

expr esclafir a riure
to burst out laughing

expr fer esclafir els dits
to snap (o click) your fingers

esclat
n 1. (m) burst / outburst / eruption
2. (m) blaze
Un esclat de color(s). - A blaze of colour (Br.) / color (Am.)
3. (m) explosion
4. (m) glare
5. (m) flash

esclatar
v conj 1. to explode / to blow up
2. to burst / to pop
3. [METEOR] to break
4. to break out / to erupt

expr fer esclatar
to blow up

esclau
n (m / f) slave

esclavitud
n (f) slavery

esclavó
n (m / f) Slavonian

adj Slavonian

esclerodèrmia
n (f) scleroderma

esclerosi
n (m) sclerosis

expr esclerosi múltiple
(m) multiple sclerosis / MS

escletxa
n 1. (f) crack / chink / split / gap
2. (f) crevice

esclop
n (m) clog

escó
n (m) seat

escocès
n (m / f) Scot / Scotsman (masc.) / Scotswoman (fem.)

adj Scottish

Escòcia
n (f) Scotland

escola
n (f) school

expr escola bressol
(f) nursery school (Br.) / pre-k (Am.)

escolà
n (m) altar boy

escolament
n (m) flow

escolar
adj school

n (m / f) schoolboy / schoolgirl

escolarització
n (f) schooling

escolaritzar
v conj to school / to provide schooling for

escollir
v conj to choose / to pick / to select

escoltar
v conj to listen (to)

escombra
n (f) broom / brush

escombrador
n (m / f) sweeper

escombrar
v conj 1. to sweep
2. [vèncer fàcilment] to sweep aside

escombraries
n (fpl) rubbish / trash (Am.) / garbage (Am.)

escombriaire
n (m / f) street cleaner

escometre
v conj 1. to undertake
2. to attack
3. to address

escons
n (m) seats (in parliament)

escopeta
n (f) shotgun

escopinya
n (f) cockle

escopir
v conj 1. to spit
2. to spit out

escopòfil
n (m / f) voyeur / Peeping Tom

adj voyeuristic

escopofília
n (f) voyeurism

escorar
v conj to lean / to tilt

escorbut
n (m) scurvy

escorça
n 1. (f) bark
2. (f) [d'una fruita] peel
3. (f) [ANAT] cortex

expr escorça cerebral
(f) cerebral cortex

expr escorça terrestre
(f) Earth's crust

escorcoll
n (m) search

escorcollar
v conj to search

escòria
n 1. (f) slag
2. (f) scum

Escorpí
n Scorpio

escórrer
v conj 1. to drain / to pour the last drops out of
2. [roba] to wring (out)
3. to unravel
escórrer-se
1. escórrer-seto drain
2. escórrer-seto slip
3. escórrer-se[plats] to drain
4. escórrer-se (ofensiu) to come
5. escórrer-seto unravel

escorrialles
n (fpl) dregs / last drops (e.g. in a glass)

escorta
n 1. (f) [grup] escort
2. (m / f) [membre d'una escorta] escort
3. (m / f) [bàsquet] shooting guard

escortar
v conj to escort

escorxador
n (m) abattoir / slaughterhouse

escorxar
v conj 1. to debark / to remove bark from
2. to skin

escot
n (m) cleavage

escotat
adj low-cut

escotilla
n (f) hatch / hatchway

escreix
n (m) excess / additional (or extra) amount

expr amb escreix
easily / greatly / amply

escriba
n (m) scribe

escridassada
n (f) (angry) screams / shouts

escridassar
v conj to scream (angrily) at (somebody) / to shout (angrily) at (somebody) / to bawl (somebody) out

escriptor
n (m / f) writer

escriptori
n 1. (m) [INFORM] desktop
2. (m) desk

escriptura
n 1. (f) writing
2. (f) handwriting
3. (f) writing system
4. (f) deed

escriptures
n 1. (fpl) (Holy) Scriptures
2. (fpl) writings

escriure
v conj 1. to write
2. to write (to somebody)
Escriu-li una carta. - Write him a letter.
Li escriu cada setmana. - He writes to her every week / he writes her every week (Am.)

expr màquina d'escriure
(f) typewriter

escrot
n (m) scrotum

escrotal
adj scrotal

escruixidor
adj shocking / frightening

escrutar
v conj 1. to scrutinize / to scrutinise (Br.) / to investigate thoroughly
2. [POLIT] to count (votes)

escrutini
n 1. (m) scrutiny / thorough investigation
2. (m) [POLIT] count

escudella
n (f) stew

escull
n (m) reef

escullera
n (f) breakwater

esculpir
v conj to sculpt / to carve / to chisel / to whittle

escultòric
adj sculptural

escultura
n (f) sculpture

escultural
adj statuesque

escuma
n (f) foam / scum

escuradents
n (m) toothpick

escurar
v conj 1. to scour
2. to clean / to clean out
Escurar les butxaques a algú. - To clean someone out.
3. to polish off

escura-xemeneies
n (m / f) (chimney) sweep

escurçana
n (f) stingray

escurçar
v conj to shorten

escurçó
n (m) viper

esdeveniment
n (m) event

esdevenir
v conj 1. to become
2. to turn into
esdevenir-se
esdevenir-seto happen / to occur / to come about

esdrúixol
adj proparoxytone / (of a word) which has its stress on the antepenultimate syllable

esfereïdor
adj terrifying / frightening

esfèric
adj spherical

esfericitat
n (f) roundness / spherical nature
L'esfericitat de la Terra. - The spherical nature of the Earth.

esfigmomanòmetre
n (m) sphygmomanometer

esfilagarsar
v conj to fray
esfilagar-se
esfilagar-seto fray

esfínter
n (m) sphincter

esfinx
n (f) sphinx

esfondrament
n (m) collapse

esfondrar
v conj to knock down / to pull down
esfondrar-se
esfondrar-seto fall down / to collapse / to sink

esforç
n (m) effort

esforçar-se
v conj to try hard / to strive / to make an effort
Esforçar-se més. - To make more of an effort.

esfullar
v conj to defoliate (tech.) / to pull the leaves off / to pull the petals off
esfullar-se
esfullar-seto drop (or lose) (its) leaves / to drop (or lose) (its) petals

esfullat
adj leafless

esfumar
v conj to blur / to tone down
esfumar-se
esfumar-seto vanish / to disappear

esgarip
n 1. (m) screech / scream / shriek
2. (m) [ZOOL] squawk

esgarrapada
n (f) scratch

expr amb una esgarrapada / amb quatre esgarrapades
in a rush

esgarrapar
v conj 1. to scratch
2. to scratch out

esgarrifança
n (f) shiver / shudder / trembling / chill

esgarrifar
v conj to make (somebody) shudder
esgarrifar-se
esgarrifar-seto shiver / to shudder / to tremble / to shake

esgarrifós
adj bloodcurdling / hair-raising / thrilling / terrifying / chilling

esgarrinxada
n (f) scratch

esgarrinxar
v conj to scratch
esgarrinxar-se
esgarrinxar-seto scratch yourself (on)
M'he esgarrinxat les cames nues (amb els esbarzers.) - I scratched my bare legs (on the brambles).

esgavell
n (m) confusion / disorder / chaos

esgavellar
v conj 1. to dislocate
2. to cause disorder

esglai
n (m) fright / scare / terror / panic

esglaiar
v conj to terrify / to scare
esglaiar-se
esglaiar-seto be terrified / to be scared (witless)

esglaó
n (f) step / stair

església
n (f) church

esgotament
n (m) exhaustion

esgotar
v conj 1. to drain
2. to exhaust
esgotar-se
1. esgotar-seto sell out
2. esgotar-seto exhaust yourself / to wear yourself out
M'he esgotat. - I've worn myself out.

esgrima
n (f) fencing

esgrimir
v conj 1. to brandish / to wield
2. [fig.] to put forward

esguard
n (m) glance / look

esguardar
v conj to look at

esguerrat
n (m / f) disabled person

adj disabled / crippled

eslàlom
n (m) slalom skiing

eslavònic
n (m / f) Slavonian

adj Slavonian

eslider
n (m / f) (person / people) from Eslida

adj relating to Eslida or its people

esllavissada
n (f) landslide

eslògan
n (m) slogan

eslovac
n 1. (m) [LING] Slovak / Slovakian
2. (m / f) Slovakian / Slovak

adj Slovakian / Slovak

Eslovàquia
n (f) Slovakia

eslovè
n 1. (m) Slovene / Slovenian
2. (m / f) Slovenian / Slovene

adj Slovenian / Slovene

Eslovènia
n (f) Slovenia

esma
n (f) instinct

expr d'esma
by instinct

esmaixada
n 1. (f) [bàsquet] (slam) dunk
2. (f) [tennis / bàdminton] smash

esmaixar
v conj 1. [bàsquet] to dunk
2. [tennis / bàdminton] to smash

esmalt
n 1. (m) enamel
2. (m) gloss

esmaperdut
adj at a loss / (all) at sea / baffled

esmena
n 1. (f) correction
2. (f) amendment

esmenar
v conj to amend

esment
n (m) mention

expr fer esment de
to mention

expr parar esment (a)
to pay attention (to)

esmentar
v conj to mention

expr abans esmentat
aforementioned

esmerçar
v conj to sink (money into something) / to invest (in something)
El govern ha esmerçat 81,5 milions per fer front a la crisi. - The government has sunk 81.5 million into dealing with the crisis.
Aquesta ha estat la principal motivació de l'esforç esmerçat per tot el Departament en preparar-la. - This has been the prime motivation for the effort sunk into preparing it by the whole department.

esmicolar
v conj 1. to crumble
2. to shatter / to smash (to pieces)
esmicolar-se
1. esmicolar-seto crumble
2. esmicolar-seto shatter

esmolar
v conj 1. to sharpen
2. to sharpen / to whet / to hone

esmòquing
n (m) tuxedo / tux (col·loq) / dinner jacket (Br.)

esmorteir
v conj to muffle / to cushion / to deaden / to buffer

esmorzar
n (m) breakfast

v conj to have breakfast

esmunyir-se
v conj to slip through / to squeeze through

esmunyedís
adj slippery

esnob
n (m / f) poseur / fashionista

adj trendy

esòfag
n (m) oesophagus (Br.) / esophagus (Am.)

espadellà
n (m / f) (person / people) from Espadella

adj relating to Espadella or its people

espaguetis
n (mpl) spaghetti

espai
n (m) space

expr espai aeri
(m) airspace

expr espai exterior
(m) outer space

espaiós
adj spacious / roomy

espant
n (m) fright / panic / shock

espantall
n (m) scarecrow

espantaocells
n (m) scarecrow

espantar
v conj to scare

espanta-sogres
n (m) blowout

espanyaportes
n (m / f) burglar

Espanya
n (f) Spain

espanyol
adj Spanish

espaordir
v conj to scare / to frighten
espaordir-se
espaordir-seto become scared (or frightened)

esparadrap
n (m) plaster (Br.) / Band Aid (Am.)

espardenya
n 1. (f) [ROBA] espadrille
2. (f) [ALIM] slice of toasted crusty bread soaked with tomato and topped with strips of roast pepper, roast eggplant and anchovies

expr d'espardenya
popular / common / local

espargir
v conj to spread out / to scatter / to sprinkle

esparracat
adj tattered / torn / ripped

espàrrec
n 1. (m) asparagus spear
2. espàrrecs (mpl) asparagus

espart
n (m) esparto grass

espartà
n (m / f) Spartan

adj Spartan

espasa
n 1. (f) sword
2. (f) sword
nota: Carta del coll 'espases' d'una baralla espanyola.
3. espases (fpl) swords
nota: Al món angloparlant, s'utilitza la baralla francesa.

espasme
n (m) spasm

espatarrant
adj 1. amazing
2. scary

espatarrar
v conj 1. to amaze
2. to scare

espaterrant
adj 1. amazing
2. scary

espaterrar
v conj 1. to amaze
2. to scare

espatlla
n (f) shoulder
Espatlla de xai. - Lamb shoulder / shoulder of lamb.

expr arronsar (o encongir) les espatlles
to shrug (your shoulders)

espatllar
v conj to ruin / to damage
espatllar-se
espatllar-seto break (down)

espatllera
n 1. (f) [ESPORT] wall bars / stall bar
2. (f) back (of seat, chair, bench..) / backrest
3. (f) back plate

espàtula
n (f) spatula

expr espàtula menor
(f) black-faced spoonbill

espavilar
v conj 1. (revifar un foc) to stoke
2. to make (someone) buck their ideas up
espavilar-se
espavilar-seto buck your ideas up / to get your act together

espavilat
adj clever / bright / quick-witted / smart

espècia
n (f) spice

especial
adj special

especialista
n (m / f) specialist

especialitat
n (f) specialty

especialitzar
v conj to specialize
especialitzar-se
especialitzar-seto specialize

especialitzat
adj specialized / specialised (Br.) / skilled

especialment
adv especially

espècie
n (f) species / type

específic
adj specific

específicament
adv specifically

especificació
n (f) specification

especificar
v conj to specify

espècimen
n (m) specimen

especiós
adj specious

espectacle
n (m) show

espectacular
adj spectacular

espectacularitat
n (f) magnificence / lavishness / spectacular nature / breathtaking nature

espectacularment
adv spectacularly

espectador
n 1. (m / f) spectator / viewer / audience member
2. (m / f) onlooker / bystander

espectre
n 1. (m) spectre (Br.) / specter (Am.)
2. (m) spectrum

espectrofotòmetre
n (m) spectrophotometer

espectrofotometria
n (f) spectrophotometry

espectrofotomètric
adj spectrophotometric

espectròmetre
n (m) spectrometer

espectrometria
n (f) spectrometry

expr espectrometria de masses
(f) mass spectrometry

espectromètric
adj spectrometric

especulació
n (f) speculation

especular
v conj to speculate

espeleobusseig
n (m) cave diving

espeleòleg
n (m / f) caver / potholer / spelunker (Am.)

espeleologia
n (f) caving / pot holing (Br.) / spelunking (Am.) / speleology
nota: 'Speleology' refereix sobretot a l'exploració de les coves per raons científiques. No s'utilitza gaire per referir a l'espeleologia com a esport.

espelma
n (f) candle

espera
n (f) wait / waiting

esperança
n 1. (f) hope
2. (f) expectancy
nota: 'Hope' vol dir 'el que es desitja o que s'anhela' i 'expectancy' vol dir 'el que s'anticipa'.

expr esperança matemàtica
(f) [MAT] expected value

expr esperança de vida
(f) life expectancy

esperançador
adj encouraging

esperançat
adj hopeful

esperanto
n (m) Esperanto

esperar
v conj 1. to wait (for)
2. [desitjar] to hope (that)
3. to expect
esperar-se
1. esperar-seto wait
Espera't un moment! - Wait a minute!
2. esperar-seto expect
No m'ho esperava pas. - I wasn't expecting it.

expr esperar un nen (o un fill)
to be expecting (a baby)

esperit
n (f) spirit

esperma
n (f) sperm

expr donant d'esperma
(m) sperm donor

esperonador
adj rousing

esperonar
v conj 1. to spur (a horse)
2. [fig.] to spur on / to motivate / to encourage

esperrucar
v conj to mess (someone's hair) up
esperrucar-se
esperrucar-seto get (or have) your hair messed up

espès
adj thick

espessidor
n (m) thickener

expr agent espessidor
(m) thickening agent

espessiment
n (m) thickening

espessir
v conj to thicken
espessir-se
espessir-seto thicken

espetec
n 1. (m) crash / crack
2. (m) (type of) Catalan sausage

espetegar
v conj 1. to crack
2. (col.loq) to crash

expr anar a espetegar
(col.loq) to end up

espia
n (m / f) spy

espiadimonis
n (m) dragonfly

espiar
v conj to spy on

espiga
n (f) ear

espígol
n (m) lavender

espín
n (m) spin

espina
n (f) thorn

espinacs
n (m) spinach

espineta
n (f) spinet

espinós
adj prickly / thorny
Un arbust espinós. - A thorny bush.
Un tema espinós. - A thorny (o prickly) subject.

espionatge
n (m) espionage / spying

espipellar
v conj 1. to peck
2. to pick at

espiritisme
n (m) spiritualism

expr sessió d'espiritisme
(f) seance

espiritista
n (m / f) spiritualist

espiritual
adj spiritual

espiritualitat
n (f) spirituality

espitllera
n (f) arrow slit / loophole

esplai
n 1. (m) recreation / relaxation
2. (m) after-school club

esplendor
n (f) (magnificència) splendour (Br.) / splendor (Am.)

espliceosoma
n (m) spliceosome

esplugabous
n (m) cattle egret

espoleta
n (f) detonator

espoli
n (m) plunder / plundering / pillaging

espoliació
n (f) plunder / plundering / pillaging

espoliar
v conj 1. to dispossess
2. to plunder / to pillage

espolsar
v conj 1. to dust
2. to shake
espolsar-se
1. espolsar-seto shake off
2. espolsar-se[animal] to shake (itself)
Els gossos s'espolsen quan surten de l'aigua. - Dogs shake themselves when they come out of the water.

espondilolistesi
n (f) spondylolisthesis

espongiforme
adj spongiform

esponja
n (f) sponge

espontaneïtat
n (f) spontaneity

espontani
adj spontaneous

esporàdic
adj sporadic

esporàdicament
adv sporadically

esporgar
v conj to prune / to cut back

esporlerí
n (m / f) (person / people) from Esporles

adj relating to Esporles or its people

esport
n (m) sport

esportista
n (m / f) sportsman / sportswoman

esportiu
adj sporting / sports

n (m) sports car

expr actitud (o conducta) esportiva
(f) sportsmanship

esportiva
n (f) sports jacket

esportivitat
n (f) sportsmanship / sporting behaviour (Br.) / sporting behavior (Am.)

esporuguir
v conj to scare / to frighten

espòs
n (m) husband

esposa
n (f) wife

espremedora
n (f) lemon-squeezer (Br.) / juicer (Am.)

esprémer
v conj 1. [naranja, limó] to squeeze
2. [roba] to wring (out)
3. [fig.] to bleed dry

espuri
adj spurious

espurna
n (f) spark

espurnejar
v conj 1. to spark / to sparkle
2. [METEOR] to drizzle

esput
n (m) sputum

esquadró
n (m) squadron

expr esquadró de la mort
(m) death squad

esquaix
n (m) squash

esqueix
n (m) cutting

esqueixada
n (f) salad made from cod, tomato, olives and onion

esquela
n 1. (m) notice
2. (m) [~ mortuòria] obituary

esquelet
n (m) skeleton

esquelètic
adj skeletal

esquema
n 1. (m) outline / schema (tec.)
2. (m) sketch / diagram

esquematitzar
v conj 1. to outline
2. to schematize

esquena
n 1. (f) [ANAT] back
2. (f) [ESPORT] backstroke

expr girar l'esquena a (algú / alguna cosa)
to turn your back on (somebody / something)

esquer
n (m) bait

esquerda
n 1. (f) crack / chip
2. (f) fissure
3. (f) crevice / gap

esquerdar
v conj to crack / to chip
esquerdar-se
esquerdar-seto crack / to chip

esquerp
adj unfriendly / unsociable

esquerrà
adj 1. left-handed
2. left-wing

esquerre
adj left

esquí
n 1. (m) skiing
2. (m) ski

expr esquí aquàtic
(m) waterskiing

esquiador
n (m / f) skier

esquiar
v conj to ski

esquif
n 1. (m) [ESPORT] single scull
2. (m) [TRANSP] skiff
nota: 'Single scull' es refereix a un esquif que s'utilitza en l'esport del rem. Un 'skiff' és molt semblant però és un bot més ample i més lent.

esquifista
n (m / f) single sculler

esquifit
adj 1. too small / too short
2. paltry

esquilar
v conj to shear

esquimal
n (m / f) Eskimo

esquinç
n (m) tear

esquinçada
n (f) tear

esquinçall
n (m) rag / torn (or ripped) piece of cloth (or clothes)

esquinçament
n (m) tear

esquinçar
v conj to tear / to rip
esquinçar-se
esquinçar-seto tear / to rip

esquinçat
adj tattered / torn / ripped

esquirol
n 1. (m) [ZOOL] squirrel
2. (m / f) scab / blackleg / strikebreaker

esquitllar
v conj to shell
esquitllar-se
1. esquitllar-seto slip
2. esquitllar-seto slip away

esquitxar
v conj 1. [aigua] to splash
2. [pintura, fang, oli..] to splash / to spatter
3. [reputació, honra] to tarnish / to stain

esquivar
v conj to avoid / to elude / to dodge

essència
n (f) essence

expr essència de vainilla
(f) vanilla essence

essencial
adj essential

essencialment
adv essentially

ésser
v conj to be

expr no ésser-hi tot
to be not all there
No hi és tot. - He's not all there.

expr sigui com sigui
however

expr sigui el que sigui
whatever

expr tant ésser (a algú)
to be all the same (to somebody)
Tant li és si són de xocolata o de fruita els gelats. - It's all the same to him (or it doesn't matter to him) whether the ice creams are chocolate or fruit.

est
adj east

estabilitat
n (f) stability

estabilització
n stabilization / stabilisation (Br.)

estabilitzador
adj stabilizing / stabilising (Br.)

n (m) stabilizer / stabiliser (Br.)

estabilitzant
adj stabilizing / stabilising (Br.)

estabilitzar
v conj to stabilize / to stabilise (Br.)

estable
adj 1. stable
2. steady

n (m) stable

establiment
n (m) establishment

establimenter
n (m / f) (person / people) from Establiments

adj relating to Establiments or its people

establir
v conj 1. to establish
2. to set up
3. to establish / to agree upon

estaca
n (f) stake

estacar
v conj to tether / to tie up

estació
n 1. (f) station
2. (f) season

expr estació d'autobusos
(f) bus station

expr estació d'esquí
(f) ski resort

expr estació de servei
(f) gas station (Am.) / service station (Am.) / petrol station (Br.) / servo (Aus.) (col·loq)

expr estació espacial
(f) space station

estacionalitat
n (f) seasonality

estada
n (f) stay

estadi
n (m) stadium

estadístic
adj statistical

n (m / f) statistician

estadística
n (f) statistic / statistics

estadísticament
adv statistically

estafa
n (f) confidence trick / confidence game / swindle

estafador
n (m / f) conman / con-woman / confidence trickster / con merchant (Br.)

estafar
v conj to cheat / to deceive

estalvi
n 1. (m) saving
2. estalvis (mpl) savings
Compte d'estalvis. - Savings account.
Estalvis de tota la vida. - Life savings.

adj safe

expr sa i estalvi
safe and sound

estalviador
n (m / f) saver

estalviar
v conj 1. to save
2. to preserve

estament
n (m) social class / social group
L'estament militar. - The military establishment.
L'estament mèdic. - The medical profession.

estampida
n (f) stampede

estanc
n (m) tobacconist

adj watertight

estancament
n 1. (m) stagnation
2. (m) (en unes negociacions, en un acord) deadlock / stalemate

estancar
v conj [deturar el curs] to stem / to check
estancar-se
1. estancar-seto stagnate
2. estancar-se[negociacions] to reach (a) deadlock / to reach an impasse

estancat
adj 1. stagnant
2. (negociacions) deadlocked

estanteria
n (f) bookcase

estany
n 1. (m) pool / small lake
2. (m) tin

estar
v conj 1. to be
2. to stay
3. to be ready

expr estar per
1. to be about to
2. to pay attention to

expr estar-se de
to refrain from / to keep from / to desist from

estasi
n (f) [MED] stasis

estat
n 1. (m) state
2. (m) condition
3. (m) status
4. (m) estate

expr estat d'emergència
(f) state of emergency

expr estat d'excepció
(f) state of emergency

expr estat vegetatiu
(m) vegetative state
Estat vegetatiu persistent. - Persistent vegetative state.

estatal
adj state

Estats Units
n (m) United States

expr Estats Units d'Amèrica
(m) United States of America

estàtua
n (f) statue

estatueta
n (f) statuette

estatura
n (f) stature

estatus
n (m) status

estatut
n (m) statute

expr estatut d'autonomia
(m) statute of autonomy

estatutari
adj statutory

estatutàriament
adv statutorily

estaurolita
n (f) staurolite

estavellar
v conj to smash / to shatter
estavellar-se
estavellar-seto crash / to smash

esteatorrea
n (f) steatorrhea

estegosaure
n (m) stegosaurus

estel
n 1. (m) star
2. (m) kite

expr estel fugaç
(m) shooting star

expr Estel Polar
(m) North Star / Polar Star / Polaris

estel·lar
adj stellar

estellenquí
n (m / f) (person / people) from Estellencs

adj relating to Estellencs or its people

estendre
v conj 1. to spread (out) / to open (out) / to stretch (out)
2. to extend / to enlarge
3. to spread
4. [la roba] to hang out / to peg out

expr ampliament estès
widespread

estenedor

estepa
n (f) steppe

estequiometria
n (f) stoichiometry

estereotip
n (m) stereotype

estereotomia
n (f) (tec.) stereotomy / stone-cutting

estèril
adj 1. sterile
2. childless
Parelles estèrils. - Childless couples.

esterificació
n (f) esterification

esterilització
n (f) sterilisation (Br.) / sterilization (Am.)

esterilitzador
n (m) steriliser (Br.) / sterilizer (Am.)

esterilitzar
v conj to sterilize

esternudar
v conj to sneeze

esternut
n (m) sneeze

estès
adj 1. spread (out)
2. widespread
3. hanging / on the line

estètic
adj aesthetic (Br.) / esthetic (Am.)

n estètica (f) aesthetics (Br.) / esthetics (Am.)

expr cirurgia estètica
(f) cosmetic surgery

estibador
n (m / f) docker (Br.) / stevedore / longshoreman (Am.)

estic
n (m) (hockey) stick

estigi
adj Stygian

estigma
n (m) stigma

estil
n (m) style

expr estil lliure
(m) freestyle

expr 200m estils (individual)
(m) [swimming] 200m (individual) medley

estima
n (f) esteem

estimar
v conj 1. to love
2. to estimate
3. to value
4. to consider / to judge

expr estimar-se més
to prefer

estimat
adj dear / beloved
Estimat pare... - Dear father...

n darling / sweetheart

estimbar
v conj to knock (somebody) down (from a great height)
estimbar-se
1. estimbar-seto fall (from a great height)
2. estimbar-se[vehicle] to go off the road

estímul
n (m) stimulus

estimulació
n (f) stimulation

estimular
v conj 1. to stimulate
2. to arouse

estípula
n (f) stipule

estipulació
n (f) stipulation

estipular
v conj to stipulate

estira-i-arronsa
n (m) tug-of-war

estirar
v conj 1. to pull
2. to stretch

expr a tot estirar
1. at most
2. at the latest

expr estirar les cames
to stretch your legs

expr estirar les orelles (a algú)
to tell (somebody) off / to give (somebody) a dressing down

estiu
n (m) summer

estiuenc
adj summer

estival
adj summer

estivellenc
n (m / f) (person / people) from Estivella

adj relating to Estivella or its people

Estix
n (m) Styx

estoc
n (m) stock / inventory

estocàstic
adj stochastic

expr procés estocàstic
(m) stochastic process

estoig
n (m) case

estona
n (f) a while / a bit

estonià
n 1. (m) Estonian
2. (m / f) Estonian

adj Estonian

Estònia
n (f) Estonia

estop
n (m) stop sign

estor
n (m) blind / shade

estora
n 1. (f) rush / jute / straw matting
2. (f) mat
3. (f) rug

estoreta
n 1. (f) (small) rug
2. (f) [INFORM] mouse pad (or mat)
3. (f) [càmping] sleeping pad

expr estoreta del ratolí
(f) mouse pad (or mat)

estovar
v conj 1. to soften
2. to soften up
3. to beat

estovalles
n (fpl) tablecloth

estrabisme
n (m) strabismus / squint

estrada
n 1. (f) dais
2. (f) witness box

estrafolari
adj eccentric / outlandish

estrall
n (m) devastation / havoc / destruction

expr fer estrall(s)
to wreak havoc

estrambòtic
adj eccentric / outlandish

estranger
n (m / f) foreigner

adj foreign

expr a l'estranger
abroad

estrany
adj strange / weird / bizarre

estranyesa
n (f) strangeness / oddity

estraperlo
n 1. (m) black market / smuggling
2. (m) contraband / black market goods

Estrasburg
n (m) Strasbourg

estrat
n 1. (m) stratum
2. (m) [METEOR] stratus (cloud)

estratus
n (m) stratus (cloud)

estratagema
n (m) stratagem / trick

estrateg
n (m / f) strategist

estratègia
n (f) strategy

estratègic
adj strategic

estratificar
v conj to stratify

estratigrafia
n (f) stratigraphy

estratocúmul
n (m) stratocumulus (cloud)

estratocúmulus
n (m) stratocumulus (cloud)

estratosfera
n (f) stratosphere

estratopausa
n (f) stratopause

estrebada
n 1. (f) tug / pull / yank / jerk
2. (f) (bag) snatch

estrebar
v conj 1. to yank / to pull / to tug
2. [robar] to snatch
El passatger va estrebar la bossa de mà de la dona. - The passenger snatched the lady's handbag (Br.) / purse (Am.)

estrella
n (f) star

expr estrella de mar
(f) starfish

estremir
v conj to shake / to make (something) tremble
estremir-se
estremir-seto shudder / to shake

estrena
n (f) première

estrenar
v conj to try out / to debut / to première

estrènyer
v conj 1. to narrow / to make narrow
2. to tighten
Ara t’hauràs d’estrènyer el cinturó. - Now you'll have to tighten your belt.
3. to constrict / to compress / to squeeze
4. to squeeze together / to push together
estrènyer-se
1. estrènyer-seto become narrower
2. estrènyer-seto squeeze up

estrèpit
n (m) bang / boom / crash

estrepitós
adj 1. noisy / loud
2. [fracàs, derrota] resounding

estrès
n (m) stress

estressar
v conj to stress (somebody) out
estressar-se
estressar-seto stress (out)

estressat
adj stressed (out)

estret
adj 1. narrow
Per un marge estret. - By a narrow margin.
2. close

expr estret de mires
narrow-minded

expr estret de Gibraltar
(m) Straits of Gibraltar

estretament
adv tightly / closely

estretesa
n (f) narrowness

estretir
v conj 1. to narrow / to make narrow
2. to tighten
Ara t’hauràs d'estretir el cinturó. - Now you'll have to tighten your belt.
3. to constrict / to compress / to squeeze
4. to squeeze together / to push together
estretir-se
1. estretir-seto become narrower
2. estretir-seto squeeze up

estretor
n (f) narrowness

expr estretor de mires
narrow-mindedness / close-mindedness

estri
n (m) tool / utensil

estria
n 1. (f) groove
2. estries (fpl) stretch marks

estrictament
adv strictly
Estrictament confidencial. - Strictly confidential.

estricte
adj strict

estrident
adj strident / raucous

estripar
v conj 1. to gut / to disembowel
2. to tear / to rip

estroboscòpic
adj stroboscopic / strobe

expr efecte estroboscòpic
(m) strobe effect

expr llum estroboscòpica
(f) strobe light

estrofa
n (f) verse / stanza

estroma
n (m) stroma

estroncar
v conj 1. to stem
Van embenar el tall per estroncar l'hemorràgia. - The cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding.
2. to stifle / to block / to impede

estronci
n (m) strontium

estruç
n (m) ostrich

estructura
n (f) structure

expr estructura de control
(f) [INFORM] control structure

estructural
adj structural

estuf
n (m) downpour

estuari
n (m) estuary

estubenyer
n (m / f) (person / people) from Estubeny

adj relating to Estubeny or its people

estuc
n (m) stucco / render

estudi
n (m) study

estudiant
n (m / f) student

estudiar
v conj 1. to study
2. to learn (something) off by heart

estupefacció
n (f) astonishment / stupefaction

estupefacte
adj stunned / astounded

estupefaent
n (m) narcotic / drug

estupend
adj stupendous

estupendament
adv stupendously

estúpid
adj stupid

estúpidament
adv stupidly

estupidesa
n (f) stupidity

estupor
n (m) stupor

esturió
n (m) sturgeon

esvaïment
n 1. (m) rout / defeat
2. (m) fainting fit / faint

esvair
v conj 1. to rout / to defeat
2. to dispel / to clear up
Vull esvair qualsevol dubte que pugueu tenir. - I'd like to dispel any doubts you may have.
esvair-se
1. esvair-seto clear (up)
2. esvair-seto faint / to pass out

esvaniment
n (m) faint / fainting spell / loss of consciousness

esvalot
n (m) commotion / din / racket / disturbance / uproar

esvalotador
n (m / f) troublemaker / agitator

esvalotar
v conj to disturb / to cause a commotion

esvàstica
n (f) swastika

esverar
v conj to frighten / to scare / to alarm
esverar-se
esverar-seto be frightened / to be scared / to be alarmed

esvoranc
n (m) hole

et
pron you / yourself

n (m) word used in the expression 'amb tots els ets i uts'

expr amb tots els ets i uts
in great detail / down to the last detail / at (great) length

età
n (m) ethane

et al.
abrev et al.

etanol
n (m) ethanol

etapa
n (f) stage

etarra
n (m / f) ETA member / member of ETA

adj ETA

etc
abrev (m) etc

expr i un llarg etc
and so on and so forth

etcètera
n (m) et cetera / etc / and so on

expr i un llarg etcètera
and so on and so forth

èter
n (m) ether

expr èter de petroli
(m) petroleum ether

expr èter dimetílic
(m) dimethyl ether

expr èter etílic
(m) ethyl ether

eteri
adj ethereal

etern
adj eternal

etílic
adj 1. ethylic
Alcohol etílic (etanol). - Ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
2. alcoholic / alcohol

expr intoxicació etílica
(f) alcohol poisoning

etíop
adj Ethiopian

n (m / f) Ethiopian

Etiòpia
n Ethiopia

etiòpic
n (m / f) Ethiopian

adj Ethiopian

etiquetar
v conj 1. to label
2. to pigeonhole

etiquetatge
n (m) labelling (Br.) / labeling (Am.)

ètnia
n (f) ethnic group

ètnic
adj ethnic

etnicitat
n (f) ethnicity

etnologia
n (f) ethnology

etoli
n (m / f) Aetolian

adj Aetolian

etrusc
adj Etruscan

n (m / f) Etruscan

ETT
n (f) temp agency

etzibar
v conj 1. to throw (a punch / a stone) / to strike (a blow)
2. to launch (a verbal attack)

EUA
n (f) USA

eucaliptus
n (m) eucalyptus (tree) / gum tree

eucariota
n (f) eukaryote

eufèmic
adj euphemistic

eufemisme
n (m) euphemism

eufoni
n (m) euphonium

eufòria
n (f) euphoria

eufòric
adj euphoric

Èufrates
n (m) Euphrates

euga
n (f) mare

Euràsia
n (f) Eurasia

eurasiàtic
adj Eurasian

n (m / f) Eurasian

euro
n (m) euro

Europa
n Europe

europeïtzació
n (f) Europeanisation (Br.) / Europeanization

europeu
adj european

n (m / f) European

europi
n (m) europium

eutanàsia
n (f) euthanasia / assisted suicide

euxenita
n (f) euxenite

evacuació
n (f) evacuation

evacuar
v conj to evacuate

evacuat
n (m / f) evacuee

evanescent
adj evanescent

evangeli
n (m) gospel

evangèlic
adj evangelical

n (m / f) evangelical

evangèlicament
adv evangelically

evangelisme
n (m) evangelism

evangelista
n (m) evangelist

evangelització
n (f) evangelization / evangelisation (Br.)

evangelitzador
n (m / f) evangelist
nota: La paraula 'evangelist' també vol dir 'evangelista' (és a dir Mateu, Marc, Lluc i Joan).

evangelitzar
v conj to evangelize

evaporació
n (f) evaporation

evaporar
v conj to evaporate
evaporar-se
1. evaporar-seto evaporate
2. evaporar-seto vanish

evaporímetre
n (m) evaporimeter / atmometer

evaporita
n (f) evaporite

evasió
n (f) evasion

evasiu
adj evasive

evasivament
adv evasively

evasor
n (m / f) evader / dodgeres

expr evasor fiscal
(m / f) tax evader

eventual
adj 1. temporary
2. possible

eventualitat
n (f) eventuality

eventualment
adv possibly

evidència
n (f) evidence

evidenciar
v conj to make clear / to demonstrate
evidenciar-se
evidenciar-seto be clear

evident
adj clear / obvious / evident

evidentment
adv clearly / obviously / evidently

evitable
adj avoidable / preventable

evitar
v conj to avoid

evocar
v conj to evoke

evocatiu
adj evocative

evolució
n 1. (f) evolution
2. (f) development / progress

evolucionar
v conj to evolve

evolutiu
adj evolutionary

exacerbació
n (f) exacerbation

exacerbar
v conj 1. to exacerbate / to aggravate / to make worse / to inflame
2. to exasperate
exacerbar-se
exacerbar-seto become (or get) exasperated

exacte
adj accurate

expr de forma exacta
accurately

expr de manera exacta
accurately

exactitud
n (f) accuracy / precision

expr amb exactitud
accurately

exageració
n (f) exaggeration / overstatement

exagerar
v conj to overstate / to exaggerate

exaltar
v conj to exalt

examen
n exam / examination

exànime
adj lifeless

examinar
v conj 1. to examine
2. to check / to test / to inspect

exantema
n (m) exanthema

exasperació
n (f) exasperation

exasperant
adj exasperating

exasperar
v conj to exasperate
exasperar-se
exasperar-seto become (or get) exasperated

excarceració
n (f) release (from prison)

excarcerar
v conj to release (somebody from prison) / to let (somebody) out (of prison) / to free (somebody from prison)

excavadora
n (f) bulldozer / digger / excavator

excavar
v conj to excavate

excèdencia
n (f) leave (of absence)

excedent
n (m) surplus

excel·lència
n 1. (f) excellence
2. (f) Excellency

excel·lent
adj excellent

excèntric
adj eccentric

excepció
n (f) exception

excepcional
adj exceptional

excepte
prep except

excés
n (m) excess

expr excés de velocitat
(m) speeding

excesssiu
adj excessive

excessivament
adv excessively

excitabilitat
n (f) excitability

excitable
adj excitable

excitació
n 1. (f) excitement
2. (f) [sexual] arousal

excitar
v conj 1. to excite
2. to incite
3. to arouse
excitar-se
1. excitar-se[~ per] to get excited (or impassioned or passionate) (about)
2. excitar-se[sexualment] to become aroused / to get turned on

exclamació
n (f) exclamation

expr signe d'exclamació
(m) exclamation mark / exclamation point (Am.)

exclamar
v conj to exclaim

excloure
v conj to exclude

exclusió
n (f) exclusion

exclusiu
adj exclusive

exclusivament
adv exclusively

excreció
n (f) excretion

excrement
n (m) excrement

excretar
v conj to excrete

exculpar
v conj to argue (somebody's) innocence

excursió
n (f) trip / outing

execrable
adj sickening / disgusting / terrible / execrable (formal)

execució
n (f) execution

executar
v conj 1. to carry out / to execute
2. [INFORM] to execute

executiu
adj executive

n (m / f) executive

exegesi
n (f) exegesis

exempció
n (f) exemption

exemplar
n 1. (m) [d'un llibre] copy
2. (m) [d'una revista] issue

adj exemplary
D'una forma exemplar. - In an exemplary manner.

exemplaritat
n (f) exemplariness

exemple
n (m) example

expr per exemple
for example

exèquies
n (fpl) funeral procession / funeral ceremony

exercici
n (m) exercise

exercir
v conj 1. to exert
El Sol exerceix una forta atracció gravitatòria sobre els planetes. - The Sun exerts a strong gravitational pull on the planets.
2. to exercise
Exerceix el dret a vot tothom que pot votar? - Does everyone who is able to vote exercise the right?
3. to work (as) / to practise (as)
Exerceix de professor de Ciències Polítiques a la Universitat de Barcelona. - She works as a politics lecturer (Br.) / professor (Am.) at the University of Barcelona.
4. to carry out (duties / a role)

exèrcit
n (m) army

exhaurible
adj exhaustible
Recursos exhauribles. - Exhaustible resources.

exhauriment
n (m) exhaustion / depletion

exhaurir
v conj to exhaust

exhaustiu
adj exhaustive

exhaustivament
adv thoroughly

exhibicionista
n (m) flasher

exhibidor
n (m / f) exhibitor

exhortació
n (f) urging / exhortation (formal) / entreaty (formal)

exhortar
v conj to urge / to exhort (formal)

exhortatori
adj hortatory (formal)

exhumació
n (f) exhumation

exhumar
v conj to exhume

exigència
n (f) demand / requirement

exigent
adj demanding / exacting

exigir
v conj to demand

exili
n (m) exile

exiliar
v conj to exile / to banish

eximir
v conj to exempt

existència
n (f) existence

existent
adj existing

existir
v conj to exist

èxit
n (m) success / achievement

exitós
adj successful

exoftàlmia
n (f) exophthalmos

exorcisme
n (m) exorcism

exorcista
n exorcist

exorcitzar
v conj to exorcize

exosfera
n (f) exosphere

exosquelet
n (m) exoskeleton

exòtic
adj exotic

expandir
v conj 1. to expand
2. to spread
expandir-se
1. expandir-seto expand
2. expandir-seto spread

expansiu
adj expansive

expectació
n (f) expectation

expectativa
n (f) expectation

expr expectativa de vida
(f) life expectancy

expedició
n 1. (f) expedition
2. (f) [FIN] issue / (tec.) issuance

expedient
n (m) file / record

expr expedient disciplinari
(m) disciplinary proceedings

expedir
v conj 1. to ship
2. [FIN] to issue

expeditiu
adj expeditious / fast and efficient

expenedor
n 1. (m) vending machine
2. (m / f) seller

expenses
n (fpl) expenses / spending / expenditure

expr a expenses de
at the expense of (somebody or something)

experiència
n (f) experience

experimental
adj experimental

experimentalment
adv experimentally

experimentar
v conj 1. to undergo
2. to experience
3. to experiment / to try out
Experimentar amb animals. - To experiment on animals.
4. to suffer

expert
n 1. (m / f) expert
2. (m / f) connoisseur

adj expert

expiar
v conj to atone for / to expiate

expiració
n 1. (f) expiration
2. (f) [de l'aire dels pulmons] exhalation

expirar
v conj 1. to expire / to run out
2. [literari] to expire / to die
3. [l'aire dels pulmons] to exhale

explicació
n (f) explanation

explicar
v conj 1. to explain
2. to teach
explicar-se
1. explicar-seto understand
2. explicar-seto make yourself understood / to make yourself clear

explicatiu
adj explanatory

explícit
adj explicit

exploració
n 1. (f) exploration
2. (f) examination

expr exploració física
(f) physical examination / physical exam / physical

explorar
v conj to explore

explosiu
n (m) explosive

adj explosive

explotació
n (f) exploitation

expr explotació agrària
(f) farming

expr explotació forestal
(f) foresting

expr explotació ramadera
(f) livestock raising

explotar
v conj 1. to explode
2. to exploit

expr fer explotar
to blow up

exponencial
adj exponential

exportació
n (f) export

exposar
v conj 1. to exhibit
2. to set out / to put forward / to state / to point out

exposició
n 1. (f) exposition
2. (f) exposure

expositor
n (m / f) exhibitor

adj exhibiting

expressament
adv expressly / definitely

expressar
v conj to express

expressiu
adj expressive

expropiació
n (f) expropriation

expropiar
v conj to expropriate

expulsar
v conj 1. to kick out / to throw out / to get rid of / to banish / to eject / to oust
2. [ESPORT] to send off

expulsió
n 1. (f) expulsion
2. (f) [ESPORT] sending off

expurgar
v conj to expurgate (formal) / to clean up

exquisit
adj exquisite

exsängue
adj 1. wan / ashen
2. [formal] exhausted

èxtasi
n (m) ecstasy

extasiar
v conj to captivate
extasiar-se
extasiar-se[~ davant] to be captivated by / to be mesmerized by

extens
adj extensive

extenuació
n (f) exhaustion

extenuat
adj exhausted / worn out

exterioritzar
v conj to externalize

exterminació
n (f) extermination

exterminar
v conj to exterminate / to wipe out

extermini
n (m) extermination

extern
adj external

externalització
n (f) outsourcing

externalitzar
v conj to outsource / to contract out

extinció
n 1. (f) [desaparició d'una espècie] extinction
2. (f) putting out

extingible
adj extinguishable

extingir
v conj 1. to put out / to extinguish
2. to put an end to / to stop / to cancel
3. to wipe out / to make (something) extinct
extingir-se
1. extingir-seto go out
2. extingir-seto become extinct / to be wiped out

extintor
n (m) fire extinguisher

extirpar
v conj to remove / to root out

extorquir
v conj to extort

extorsió
n (f) extortion

extorsionar
v conj to extort

extra
adj additional

n (m / f) extra

extracció
n (f) extraction / removal

extracte
n (m) excerpt / extract

extraescolar
adj extra-curricular / after-school

extralimitar-se
v conj to overreach (yourself)

extraordinari
adj extraordinary / amazing

extrapolació
n (f) extrapolation

expr fer una extrapolació
to extrapolate

extrapolar
v conj to extrapolate

extrasístole
n (f) extrasystole

extrasolar
adj extrasolar
nota: A l'exterior del sistema solar.

extraterrestre
adj extraterrestrial / alien

n (m / f) extraterrestrial / alien

extravagància
n (f) eccentricity / outlandishness

extravagant
adj odd / outlandish

extravertit
adj extroverted

n (m / f) extrovert

extrem
adj 1. extreme
2. far
3. abject
La pobresa extrema. - Abject poverty.

n (m) extremity / (very) end / extreme

expr l'extrema dreta
the Far Right

expr l'extrema esquerra
the Far Left

expr l'Extrem Orient
the Far East

extremadament
adv extremely

extremar
v conj 1. to maximize / to intensify
2. [seguretat / vigilància] to strengthen / to step up / to beef up
extremar-se
extremar-seto take great care

extremeny
adj of / from Extremadura

n (m / f) (person) from Extremadura

extremisme
n (m) extremism

extremista
n (m / f) extremist

extremunció
n (f) last rites

extreure
v conj to extract / to remove / to pull out

exultant
adj elated


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