baix
adj low / short

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

baixa
n 1. (f) fall
2. (f) casualty

expr donar-se de baixa
to unsubscribe
Donar-se de baixa de la llista de correu - To unsubscribe from the mailing list

baixador
n 1. (m) [de trens] (railway) stop / (railway) halt (Br.)
2. (m) [de cavalls] mounting block

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

expr balanç de situació
(m) balance sheet

balança
n 1. (f) scales / scale (Am.)
2. Balança (f) Libra

expr balança de pagaments
(f) balance of payments

expr fer caure (o inclinar o decantar) la balança
to tip the balance / to tip the scales / to swing the balance

balear
adj Balearic

n (fpl) Balearic Islands

ballet
n (m) ballet

expr ballarí de ballet
(m / f) ballet dancer / (fem. també) ballerina

baluard
n (m) bulwark

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

baròmetre
n (m) barometer

expr baròmetre aneroide
(m) aneroid barometer

expr baròmetre de mercuri
(m) mercury barometer

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

barraca
n 1. (f) hut / shack
2. (f) [en una fira] stall

barracó
n (m) prefab (col·loq.) / prefabricated building / portable (Am.)

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

basar
v conj to base

base
n 1. (f) basis
2. (f) base
3. (m / f) [bàsquet] point guard

expr base de dades
(f) database

expr base de dades relacional
(f) relational database

bàsic
adj basic

batalla
n (f) battle

expr batalla campal
(f) pitched battle

batuta
n (f) baton

expr sota la batuta de
under the guidance of


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

beneficiari
n (m / f) beneficiary

benestar
n (m) well-being / welfare

expr estat de benestar
(m) welfare state

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

bilingüisme
n (m) bilingualism

biocarburant
n (m) biofuel

bioclimàtic
adj bioclimatic

biodiversitat
n (f) biodiversity

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.)

blau
adj blue

n (m) (col.loq) bruise

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

bonastre
n (m) nice guy

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

botifarra
n 1. (f) [ALIM] sausage
Botifarra negra - Black pudding (Br.) / blood sausage (Am.)
2. (f) name of a Catalan card game

expr fer botifarra
to make an obscene gesture

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

britànic
adj British
Anglès britànic - British English

n (m / f) Brit(s) / British (person or people) / the British (pl.)

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 / waste
2. (f) brush

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

expr correu brossa
(m) spam

bruc
n (m) heather

bufar
v conj 1. to blow
2. to blow on / [per apagar] to blow out

expr ésser bufar i fer ampolles
to be a piece of cake (a cinch / a walk in the park / a breeze / a doddle)

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

butlletí
n 1. (m) bulletin
2. (m) gazette

butxaca
n (f) pocket

expr de butxaca
pocket-size / pocket-sized

byte
n (m) byte


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