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
bé
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
