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November 3, 2009

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noun unitat de capacitat equivalent a 8 galons que s'utilitza per mesurar grans i productes secs

[expr] to hide your light under a bushel from the OALD: (BrE) to not let people know that you are good at sth I don't know of a good Catalan equivalent (and I'm not hiding my light under a bushel here, I just can't think of anything appropriate!)

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curator n. conservador (d'un museu)

Hi ha un cert ús de "curador".

Hi ha altres conceptes pròxims que no estic segur de com es diuen en anglès: curador (d'una edició, d'un llibre): editor? comissari (d'una exposició): exhibition's commissioner?

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caboose n. furgó de cua

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glop n. (informal, AmE) tarquim

Suppose that two factories—a paper mill and a steel mill—are each dumping 500 tons of glop into a river each year.

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levy n. impost

levy v. imposar (un impost, una multa)

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tuition n. classes

private tuition classes particulars

tuition (tuition fees) matrícula

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Equiv: dissociació

Sugested by Meritxell Galindo (865) from catalandictionary.org

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verb (especially in politics) to delay a discussion or decision by refusing to answer questions or by talking a lot

Is there a verb to describe similar practices in Catalan?

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verb I'm not sure how you'd say this in Catalan. Lou?

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hype n. bombo, propaganda, lloances excessives

And while Mr. Madoff was apparently a self-conscious fraud, many people on Wall Street believed their own hype.

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allay v. (formal) dissipar

dissipar 1. (la boira) drive away 2. (dubtes, por) dispel, allay, dissipate 3. squander, dissipate

dissipar-se dissipate

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GDLC: corporativisme [de corporatiu] m SOCIOL/ECON Doctrina i sistema socioeconòmics basats en la constitució jerarquitzada d'associacions professionals (patronals i obreres) per a controlar els problemes econòmics i laborals.

"Pujol creu que s'ha de superar el corporativisme universitari per a possibilitar que aparegui el talent a Europa"

Com ho diem en anglès?

Una paraula relacionada és gremialisme: gremialisme [de gremial] m 1 Tendència a organitzar la societat en gremis. 2 Doctrina que propugna aquesta tendència.

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noun 1. grup de tres persones (I thought it might be possible to say 'trio' in Catalan but the GDLC says 'trio - 2 iròn Colla de tres' - so I guess not). 2. (from OALD) an occasion when three people have sex together. Any ideas of the Catalan for this??? - I lead a pretty sheltered life, I'm afraid

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noun ??

a boat which people live in

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adj. (fem - mitgera) 1. central 2. shared? e.g. paret mitgera - party wall

noun 1. (m) measurement of wine equivalent to approximately 7.5 litres (or 8 'porrons') 2. (m / f) stocking seller / stocking maker

The GDLC also contains: m i f Persona que conrea les terres d'altri i es reparteix amb ell els fruits a mitges.

m DANSA Ballador de contrapàs que se situava aproximadament a la meitat del rengle i impulsava els balladors cap a la dreta o cap a l'esquerra.

I don't know an English equivalent for the first (though it seems likely there is one and it's just not in my short-term memory) and the second is culture specific. How likely is someone to come across this meaning? Do you think it is worth attempting a definition in English?

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noun (m)

(from GDLC):

1 Pal llarg ferrat per un cap, com l'usat pels raiers, els pescadors, etc., per a evitar l'abordatge.

2 OFIC 1 Eina de ferrer, emprada per a rebaixar les peülles de les cavalleries abans de ferrar-les, constituïda per una planxa de ferro disposada en forma de pala i proveïda de tall a l'extrem oposat al mànec.

2 Eina d'escloper, consistent en un tallantet que serveix per a rebaixar la fusta de l'interior de l'esclop i fer-li la sola.

3 enviar (o engegar, o fer anar) (algú) al botavant Treure-se'l del davant de mala manera. to tell someone to get lost

I understand what all these things are but have no idea what any of them would be in English. Can anybody help me out? FWIW, this is a word somebody has actually searched for.

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noun 1. (Br.) (slang) (m) cul 2. (Aus.) (m / f) gorrer / gorrista / corc 3. [IT] robot / bot? I can't seem to find an official term for 'bot' in Catalan. Any ideas?

verb tt (Aus.) gorrejar (example: 'He was always botting cigarettes from his friends') syn. - cadge

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gnat n. mosquit

I també? mosquit > mosquito, gnat.

No sé si hi ha diferència entre gnat i mosquito.

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boffo adj. (informal) exitós, d'èxit

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flannel n, franel- la

i viceversa