ecològic *****
adj 1. organic
Aliments ecològics. - Organic food (or produce).
2. ecological
f.s. ecològica / f.pl. ecològiques

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

educació *****
n (f) education
pl. educacions

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

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.

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

eixe *****
adj that

n that one
f.s. eixa

elecció *****
n 1. eleccions (fpl) election

syn. comicis 2. (f) choice
pl. eleccions

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

electròlisi *****
n (f) electrolysis

El Salvador *****
n El Salvador

em *****
pron me / myself

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. [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. [tren, avió, bus] to get on / to go (or get) on board / to board (formal)
3. to embark on (or upon) (something risky, dangerous or difficult)

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

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. to get tangled up / to become messy / to get mixed up
2. to become embroiled in (something) / to get involved in (something)
3. [~ amb] to become involved (with)
4. to 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

emmagatzematge *****
n (m) storage

syn. emmagatzemament
expr emmagatzematge de diòxid de carboni
(m) carbon sequestration

emmarcar *****
v conj to frame

emotiu *****
adj emotional
f.s. emotiva

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

empenyorar *****
v conj to pawn

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

emprar *****
v conj to use / to employ

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

syn. mampresa (Val.)
expr llibertat d'empresa
(f) free enterprise

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

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

encara *****
adv 1. still
2. even

expr encara que
even though / even if / albeit

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

encertat *****
adj appropriate / fitting / apt
f.s. encertada

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

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

enèsim *****
adj umpteenth
f.s. enèsima

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

enfrontament *****
n (m) clash

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

enigma *****
n (m) enigma

enllaç *****
n (m) link
pl. enllaços

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

enquestar *****
v conj to survey / to poll

ens *****
pron us

n (m) entity

entendre *****
v conj to understand / to comprehend
entendre's
 1. to be comprehensible / to be understandable / to make sense
2. to get along
3. [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

entitat *****
n 1. (f) entity
2. (f) body
n.b: 'Entitat' means 'body' in the sense 'association' (i.e. 'International trade body').

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

entrada *****
n 1. (f) entry +
El nostre diccionari té més de 35.000 entrades.


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

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

entrar *****
v conj to enter

expr deixar entrar
to admit / to let in

entre *****
prep between / among / amongst / amid / amidst

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.

entrenament *****
n (m) training

entrevista *****
n (f) interview

expr entrevista de selecció
(f) job interview

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

enumerar *****
v conj to enumerate

envoltar *****
v conj to surround

epifania *****
n (f) epiphany

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

equilibrat *****
adj balanced
f.s. equilibrada

expr una dieta equilibrada
a balanced diet

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

equivalent *****
adj equivalent

n (m) equivalent

Eritrea *****
n (f) Eritrea

errada *****
n (f) error

es *****
pron himself / herself / itself / themselves / yourself

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

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

expr escalfament global
(m) global warming

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

escàs *****
adj scarce
pl. escassos / f.s. escassa

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

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

esclerosi *****
n (m) sclerosis

expr esclerosi múltiple
(m) multiple sclerosis / MS

escola *****
n (f) school

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

escopofília *****
n (f) voyeurism

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

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

escriba *****
n (m) scribe

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

eslògan *****
n (m) slogan

syn. lema

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

especial *****
adj special

especialitzat *****
adj specialized / specialised (Br.) / skilled
f.s. especialitzada

especificar *****
v conj to specify

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

espectròmetre *****
n (m) spectrometer

espectrometria *****
n (f) spectrometry

expr espectrometria de masses
(f) mass spectrometry

especulació *****
n (f) speculation
pl. especulacions

esperança *****
n 1. (f) hope
2. (f) expectancy
pl. esperances

expr esperança matemàtica
(f) [MATH] expected value

expr esperança de vida
(f) life expectancy

esperar *****
v conj 1. to wait (for)
2. [desitjar] to hope (that)
3. to expect
n.b: In Catalan, 'esperar' means both 'to hope' and 'to expect'. The difference between the sentences 'I hope to pass the test' and 'I expect to pass the test' isn't obvious in Catalan.
esperar-se
 1. to wait
Espera't un moment! - Wait a minute!
2. to expect
No m'ho esperava pas. - I wasn't expecting it.

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

espiritualitat *****
n (f) spirituality

esportiu *****
adj sporting / sports
f.s. esportiva

n (m) sports car

expr actitud (o conducta) esportiva
(f) sportsmanship

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

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

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

essència *****
n (f) essence

expr essència de vainilla
(f) vanilla essence

essencial *****
adj essential

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.

estadística *****
n (f) statistic / statistics

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

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 +
El pitjor està per arribar.
Un polític ha d'escoltar tothom però no està per dir sí a tothom.


2. to pay attention to +
No estic per històries.



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

estat *****
n 1. (m) state +
Molt sovint els accidentats es troben en un estat de xoc i confusió.


2. (m) condition +
En Roger continua en un estat molt greu a l'hospital.


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

estatus *****
n (m) status

estatut *****
n (m) statute

expr estatut d'autonomia
(m) statute of autonomy
n.b: The statutes of autonomy are the constitutional laws that grant Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands an autonomous government.

estatutari *****
adj statutory
f.s. estatutària

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

expr estel fugaç
(m) shooting star

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

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

estès *****
adj 1. spread (out)
2. widespread
3. hanging / on the line
pl. estesos / f.s. estesa
n.b: 'Estès' in this sense means literally 'hung out to dry' ('roba estesa' are clothes that are drying on the washing line)

estil *****
n (m) style

expr estil lliure
(m) freestyle

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

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
f.s. estimada

estiu *****
n (m) summer

estival *****
adj summer

estrella *****
n (f) star

syn. estel, astre
expr estrella de mar
(f) starfish
pl. estrelles de mar

estret *****
adj 1. narrow
Per un marge estret. - By a narrow margin.
2. close +
El president parla de la relació estreta entre Catalunya i les Balears.


f.s. estreta

expr estret de mires
narrow-minded

expr estret de Gibraltar
(m) Straits of Gibraltar

estructural *****
adj structural

estudi *****
n (m) study

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

et al. *****
abbrev et al.

etc *****
abbrev (m) etc

expr i un llarg etc
and so on and so forth

etern *****
adj eternal
f.s. eterna

euro *****
n (m) euro

europeu *****
adj european

n (m / f) European
f.s. europea

evangèlic *****
adj evangelical

n (m / f) evangelical
f.s. evangèlica / f.pl. evangèliques

evident *****
adj clear / obvious / evident

evidentment *****
adv clearly / obviously / evidently

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

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

excepció *****
n (f) exception
pl. excepcions

excepcional *****
adj exceptional

excepte *****
prep except

syn. menys, tret de

excesssiu *****
adj excessive
f.s. excessiva

excitable *****
adj excitable

excursió *****
n (f) trip / outing
pl. excursions

exempció *****
n (f) exemption
pl. exempcions

exemplaritat *****
n (f) exemplariness

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) +
Maragall evidencia les dificultats de Mas per exercir el seu paper de líder de l'oposició.


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

experimental *****
adj experimental

exposició *****
n 1. (f) exposition
2. (f) exposure
pl. exposicions

expressament *****
adv expressly / definitely

expropiació *****
n (f) expropriation

expropiar *****
v conj to expropriate

extens *****
adj extensive
pl. extensos / f.s. extensa

extern *****
adj external
f.s. externa

extra *****
adj additional

n (m / f) extra

extracció *****
n (f) extraction / removal
pl. extraccions

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

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


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