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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!) Source: Pending entries
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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? Source: Pending entries
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glop n. (informal, AmE) tarquim Suppose that two factoriesa paper mill and a steel millare each dumping 500 tons of glop into a river each year. Source: Pending entries
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tuition n. classes private tuition classes particulars tuition (tuition fees) matrícula Source: Pending entries
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Equiv: dissociació Sugested by Meritxell Galindo (865) from catalandictionary.org Source: Pending entries
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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? Source: Pending entries
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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. Source: Pending entries
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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 Source: Pending entries
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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. Source: Pending entries
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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 Source: Pending entries
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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? Source: Pending entries
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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. Source: Pending entries
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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 Source: Pending entries
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gnat n. mosquit I també? mosquit > mosquito, gnat. No sé si hi ha diferència entre gnat i mosquito. Source: Pending entries
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