crema

burn, burning (act or result of burning, e.g. a controlled burn)


pesca

La pesca de Catalunya es caracteritza per ser una pesca costanera: les barques surten cada dia a pescar i tornen el mateix dia a port a vendre les seves captures.

2019 August 14, “La Generalitat promou el consum de peix de proximitat”, in La Vanguardia:

Catalonia's fishing is characterized by being coastal fishing: boats go out every day to fish and come back to port the same day to sell their catch.


pis

(castells) each of the levels of a castell


costa

Deverbal from costar. First attested in 1598.

a costa de

at the cost/expense of; at (someone's) expense


res

office (required liturgy to be recited each day)


combat

Deverbal from combatre. First attested in 1490.


pas

Inherited from Old Catalan pas, from Latin passus (“step”). Its use as an auxiliary adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec…passum) in negative constructions – literally ‘not…a step’, i.e. ‘not at all’ – originally used with certain verbs of motion. Compare similarly used French pas. Cognate with Galician and Spanish paso and Portuguese passo.

(historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length


pas

pas de rosca

screw pitch (the distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measured parallel to the axis)

pas polar

pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)


tip

ca-adj

tip (feminine tipa, masculine plural tips, feminine plural tipes)

tipa (feminine)
tips (masculine plural)
tipes (feminine plural)

full, as in sated or satisfied (including to excess)


contrast

ca-noun

contrast m (plural contrasts or contrastos)

Deverbal from contrastar. First attested in the 14th century.


tomb

turn (change of temperament or circumstance)


vol

(collective) flock (group of animals flying together)


bast

ca-adj

bast (feminine basta, masculine plural basts or bastos, feminine plural bastes)

basta (feminine)
basts (masculine plural)
bastos (masculine plural)
bastes (feminine plural)


passa

epidemic (a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population)


recluta

ca-noun

recluta m or f by sense (plural reclutes)


mampara

Deverbal from mamparar, alteration of emparar.


salut

Inherited from Old Catalan salut, from Latin salūtem, related to salvus (“safe”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).


conte

Inherited from Latin computus, or deverbal from contar.


talla

Deverbal from tallar. Compare French taille.


colla

Deverbal from collar, of uncertain origin, perhaps from coll (“neck”).

a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such as castells building or sardana dancing


tira

Ara fa la tira de temps que no faig la gimnàstica en llevar-me […].

1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 55:

It's been ages now that I haven't done gimnastics after waking up […] .


deriva

drift (course or direction along which anything is driven; setting)


escolta

ca-noun

escolta m or f by sense (plural escoltes)


estiba

stowage (the act of stowing and the things which are stowed)


estampa

(nautical) transom (flat section of the stern of a boat where the name is displayed)


excusa

Deverbal from excusar, from Latin excusāre (“to excuse”).


reforma

reform (the change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative)


trepa

Deverbal from trepar. First attested in 1205.

(historical) a form of trimming added to clothing consisting of a hole in the cloth with a different colour of material showing underneath


prova

Deverbal from provar, possibly corresponding to Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

(law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)


calc

(linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)


rasca

Algú s'havia acostat a la finestra per veure què passava, darrere un parell de finestrons s'hi veia llum, i algun valent s'havia atrevit a badar dos dits la portella, malgrat la rasca i l'aigua que queia.

2010, Margarida Aritzeta, La maleta sarda:

Someone had drawn near the window to see what was happening, behind a couple of shutters one saw light, and some brave soul had dared to open the wicket a couple of fingers despite the freezing cold and the water that fell.


galop

(music) galop (country dance in 2/4 time)


traça

Hi ha traces de pigment ocre groc sota d'una prima capa de calç.

There are traces of yellow ochre underneath a thin layer of chalk.

Hem seguit la traça d'un seguit de gent que ens anava a davant.

We followed the trail of a series of people which led us forward.


frec

Deverbal from fregar, from Latin fricāre.


lladruc

Podia sentir els seus lladrucs, allà baix. Amb prou feines vaig veure l'urpa que atacava el tercer quinqué.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


brega

Deverbal from bregar, ultimately of Gothic origin.

Em va mirar amb duresa. No volia brega però estava disposat a repel·lir-la.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

He looked hard at me. He did not want a fight, but he was ready to fend it off.


mareig

Deverbal from marejar, from mar (“sea”).


retrò

Deverbal from retronar (“thunder, resound”).


baixa

Deverbal from baixar. Compare Spanish baja, Portuguese baixa.


retard

El tren ha arribat amb dues hores de retard.

The train has arrived with a two hour delay.


renúncia

renunciation (act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid)


becada

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


recompte

recompte de persones dormint al carrer


fracàs

Deverbal from fracassar, if not borrowed directly from Italian fracasso.


tiroteig

ca-noun

tiroteig m (plural tiroteigs or tirotejos)


menja

dish (part of a meal) (especially a tasty or fancy one)


surt

En sentir-se l'espetec dels trets, el pare d'En Joan va tenir un gran surt.

Hearing the burst of footsteps gave Joan's father a real start.


barreja

a cocktail consisting of wine and hard liquor, generally in equal proportion


xoc

Deverbal from xocar. In the sense of "shock" a calque of English shock.


esvalot

Deverbal from esvalotar, a variant form of avalotar.


mossega

mossega m or f by sense (plural mossegues)


neteja

Deverbal from netejar. First attested in 1839.


enllaç

Deverbal from enllaçar. Compare Spanish enlace.


dubte

Deverbal from dubtar. Compare French doute m (originally f), Spanish duda f.


esforç

Deverbal from esforçar. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, French effort, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo.


bombardeig

bombardeig m (plural bombardeigs or bombardejos)

bombardeigs (plural)
bombardejos (plural)


atur

Deverbal from aturar (“to stop”); calque of Spanish paro.

L’impacte personal, social i econòmic de l’atur de llarga durada és inqüestionable, sobretot en una economia en la qual, tal com ressalta amb insistència el Banc d’Espanya, l’atur és el principal motor de la desigualtat de renda.

2019 August 21, Alicia Rodríguez de Paz, “La meitat dels aturats en nou autonomies són de llarga durada”, in La Vanguardia:

The personal, social, and economic impact of long-term unemployment is unquestionable, especially in an economy in which, just like the Bank of Spain insistently points out, unemployment is the main engine for income inequality.


rebuig

refuse (items or material that have been discarded)

(soccer) clearance, clearing (the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)


recull

collection (amount of material procured together)


consum

consumption (the act of eating, drinking, or using)


ratlla

Uncertain. From Old Catalan ralla, raylla; perhaps a Deverbal from ratllar, from Vulgar Latin *rallare or *radulare.


segrest

segrest m (plural segrests or segrestos)


xop

ca-adj

xop (feminine xopa, masculine plural xops, feminine plural xopes)

xopa (feminine)
xops (masculine plural)
xopes (feminine plural)

Deverbal from xopar. First attested in the 20th century.

(colloquial) soaked, soaked to the bones


esmena

En concret, l’esmena permetrà a qualsevol propietari o inquilí d’un habitatge, ja sigui la seva residència principal, secundària o bé ocasional, fer fora els ocupes que té a casa seva en 72 hores.

2020 September 16, Alícia Sans, “França vol fer fora els ocupes en 72 hores”, in ara.cat:


bram

Però, soprenentment, el que va sortir de la boca de la Vella no va ser un dels seus típics xiscles rebentatimpans, sinó una riallada bastant semblant a un bram.

2016, Sara Cano Fernández, Els empollons contraataquen:

But, surprisingly, what came out of the mouth of the Old Woman wasn't one of her typical ear-splitting screams but rather a guffaw quite similar to a bray.


corc

Deverbal from corcar or back-formation from corcoll.

worm (name given to the larvae of various beetles and butterflies which live in and consume wood, grains, fruits, etc.)


torneig

tournament (competition involving several rounds or stages)


escombra

Deverbal from escombrar, from Vulgar Latin *excomborāre, from Proto-Celtic *comboros, derived from *kom- (“with”) + *bereti (“to bear”), or from Latin scōpa, crossed with the Celtic word or influenced by escombrar (compare Occitan escoba (“broom”)).


xipolleig

ca-noun

xipolleig m (plural xipolleigs or xipollejos)


baralla

Els partits independentistes, tot i ser víctimes del context, també s'han caracteritzat pels retrets continus i per les baralles insubstancials, així com per acusacions amb intencions clarament electoralistes.

2021 February 16, “Editorial”, in El Temps, number 1914, →ISSN, page 5:


llamp

Deverbal from llampar, from Late Latin lampāre; alternatively perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lampu (compare Occitan lamp, Italian lampo), from Latin lampas.

Per això volia contar el primer capítol des de la perspectiva dels núvols: una mort per llamp vista des de dalt, com un contrapicat. Igual que un accident de caça és explicat pel cabirol no caçat.

2019 June 29, Carles Geli, “Irene Solà: “L’art m’ha donat irreverència, un punt de bogeria literària””, in El País:

That's why I wanted to tell the first chapter from the perspective of the clouds: a death by lightning seen from above, like a sting. Like a hunting accident explained by the uncaught roe deer.


avanç

Deverbal from avançar. First attested in c. 1600.


abast

reach (the ability to reach or touch with the person)


compàs

barres de compàs


bloqueig

bloqueig m (plural bloqueigs or bloquejos)

Deverbal from bloquejar, calque of Spanish bloqueo.

bloqueig de l'orientació


formigueig

formigueig m (plural formigueigs or formiguejos)

formigueigs (plural)
formiguejos (plural)

El neologisme ASMR, una resposta encara per verificar per la ciència, és una sensació agradable de calidesa i relaxament alhora i que s'acompanya d'un formigueig al cuir cabellut i en altres zones, com la columna vertebral.

2016 October 20, “¿Què és ASMR, els famosos 'orgasmes cerebrals' de Youtube?”, in El Periódico:


xiuxiueig

xiuxiueig m (plural xiuxiueigs or xiuxiuejos)


minva

(oceanography) a decline in the mean sea level of the ocean, such as that observed regularly ever winter


estiueig

estiueig m (plural estiueigs or estiuejos)


titubeig

titubeig m (plural titubeigs or titubejos)


descompte

(sports) injury time, stoppage time, additional time, added time


xerra

El nen es trobava com el peix a l'aigua jugant i xerrant al carrer de les Cacasses, però també escoltant la xerra dels veïns i veïnes, aprenent els girs i la particular fonètica, bon tros xipella, d'aquells pobles de la vall del Corb.

2000, Josep Vallverdú, Desmudat i a les golfes:

The boy found himself like a fish playing in the water and chatting in Cacasses Street, but also listening to the chat of the neighbours, learning the turns of phrase and the particular phonetics, a good bit local dialect, of those towns of the Corb valley.


bellugueig

bellugueig m (plural bellugueigs or belluguejos)

bellugueigs (plural)
belluguejos (plural)

[bə.ʎuˈɣɛt͡ʃ]

[bə.ʎuˈɣət͡ʃ]


sondeig

Un sondeig ràpid pels bars amb escenari de la ciutat ho confirma.

2017 January 20, “Dos bars de concerts de Barcelona planten cara a la SGAE”, in El Periódico:


desacord

Rufián va evitar carregar les tintes contra les entitats i es va dedicar més a denunciar la «polèmica orquestrada» per PP i C’s, però sí que va admetre el seu desacord amb la idea que la reivindicació secessionista estigui present en un acte on els protagonistes són els nens: «No m’agrada, a alguns ens grinyola.

2017 January 20, “Rufián, sobre els fanalets independentistes: "Jo no ho faria"”, in El Periódico:

Rufián avoided wielding his pen against the entities and devoted himself more to denouncing the "orchestrated controversy" created by the People's Party and Citizens, but he did admit his disagreement with the idea of having the secessionist claim present at an action where the protagonists were children: "I don't like it, it grates on some of us."


desànim

Des que va tornar a casa seva, rescatat del United per Txiki (5 milions d'euros va costar) entre l'escepticisme de molts, no ha deixat de guanyar vots llevat del parèntesi en què va caure en el desànim i la desmotivació com tot aquell Barça de Martino.

2016 October 20, “Piqué guanya vots”, in El Periódico:


espant

—Ja no s'ho val l'espant que he tingut… ¡Tan ben agafat que tenía'l sòn!

1906, Josep Morató i Grau, Els habitants de la lluna, Ilustració Catalana, page 80:

"It isn't worth the fright I had… So soundly I was asleep!"


traç

stroke (a line drawn with a pen or other writing implement)


descalç

ca-adj

descalç (feminine descalça, masculine plural descalços, feminine plural descalces)

descalça (feminine)
descalços (masculine plural)
descalces (feminine plural)


tragina

(historical, law) a form of corvee by which feudal lords could require peasants to transport goods


renec

Després va empènyer la porta, que es va obrir amb un renec de tomba faraònica profanada.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

Next he pushed the door, which opened with an expletive like a desecrated pharaonic tomb.

Tinc una amiga que ha perdut el combat contra dues indecències: la del tabac i la dels renecs. Tanmateix, si bé ha estat setmanes sense portar-se cap cigarret als llavis, no ha pogut passar ni un sol dia sense renegar.

2021 May 28, Mar Bosch Oliveras, “Aigua i sabó”, in EL PAÍS:


espetec

(dialectal) fuet (type of long thin sausage)


regateig

ca-noun

regateig m (plural regateigs or regatejos)

[rə.ɣəˈtɛt͡ʃ]

[rə.ɣəˈtət͡ʃ]

Érem com un parell de fenicis que han gastat totes les energies en un regateig més teatral que real.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

We were like a pair of Phoenicians who had spent all their energy in a bargain that was more theatrical than real.


reble

Probably a deverbal from reblir (“fill, cover up”).

(figurative) padding (superfluous verbiage)


aprest

treatment for stiffening (paper, hair, textiles, etc.)


rascle

(agriculture) harrow (device that is dragged across ploughed land)


descàrrega

(electricity) discharge (the act of releasing an accumulated charge)


desgast

desgast m (plural desgasts or desgastos)

war of attrition


escarn

Deverbal from escarnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire representing Proto-Germanic *skarnjan. Cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno.


escorcoll

Deverbal from escorcollar. First attested in the 14th century.


rastreig

rastreig m (plural rastreigs or rastrejos)

[rəsˈtɾɛt͡ʃ]

[rəsˈtɾət͡ʃ]


degoteig

degoteig m (plural degoteigs or degotejos)


restoble

Deverbal from restoblar. Doublet of rostoll.


remull

Deverbal from remullar. Compare Spanish remojo.

posar en remull


panteix

El panteix és el medi que fa servir el gos per regular la seva temperatura.

Panting is the means a dog uses to regulate its temperature.


entrebanc

[ən.tɾəˈβaŋ]


plovisqueig

plovisqueig m (plural plovisqueigs or plovisquejos)

plovisqueigs (plural)
plovisquejos (plural)


xoll

ca-adj

xoll (feminine xolla, masculine plural xolls, feminine plural xolles)

xolla (feminine)
xolls (masculine plural)
xolles (feminine plural)


petja

tread (part of a stairway that is stepped on)


balbuceig

ca-noun

balbuceig m (plural balbuceigs or balbucejos)


retall

clipping (excerpt from a newspaper, magazine, etc.)


ronsa

Deverbal from ronsar, variation of arronsar.


parangó

Borrowed from Italian paragone, or deverbal from parangonar.

no tenen cap parangó


tempteig

tempteig m (plural tempteigs or temptejos)


refresc

refresc m (plural refrescs or refrescos)


antosta

Deverbal from *antostar, from Vulgar Latin *antobstare (“to put up”), from ante- and obstō.

loft, attic (unfinished space between the ceiling and the roof of a building used for storage)


enterc

ca-adj

enterc (feminine enterca, masculine plural entercs, feminine plural enterques)

enterca (feminine)
entercs (masculine plural)
enterques (feminine plural)


contrafet

contrafet (feminine contrafeta, masculine plural contrafets, feminine plural contrafetes)

contrafeta (feminine)
contrafets (masculine plural)
contrafetes (feminine plural)


prec

precs i preguntes


torniol

El pobre alfals vermell o groc s'ha enganyat. Els seus admirables torniols no els serveixen de res. Aquests torniols o rosques només podrien funcionar si caiguessin d'una certa alçària, de la copa d'algun arbre gran o d'una gramínia enrevenada: però construïdes arran de l'herba, encara no han donat mig giravolt que ja toquen a terra.

1930, Alfons Maseras i Galtés, La intel·ligència de les flors:

The poor red or yellow alfalfa has deluded itself. Its admirable spirals are of no use to it. These spirals or screws could only function if they fell from a certain height, from the crown of a tall tree or from a rigid gramineous plant; but put up flush with the grass, they haven't given half a turn before they hit the ground.


emprova

fitting (process of having a garment tailored)


desmunt

(construction) cut (area cleared by excavation)


rebaix

(construction) cut (area where earth has been cleared for construction)


desgavell

[dəz.ɡəˈβeʎ]


blanqueig

ca-noun

blanqueig m (plural blanqueigs or blanquejos)

[bləŋˈkɛt͡ʃ]

[bləŋˈkət͡ʃ]


zumzeig

undulation, vibration (a repeated up-and-down movement)


encert

Deverbal from encertar. Compare Spanish acierto (whence the variant acert).

Em vaig espantar perquè vaig pensar –amb encert, com he comprovat després– que la nostra alcaldessa no coneix els fonaments més bàsics de la nostra democràcia.

2020 June 22, Francesc de Carreras, “La política infantil”, in El País:

I was horrified because I assumed—correctly, as I found out later—that our mayor did not know the most basic principles of our democracy.


destorb

Feina feta no fa destorb. (saying)

(literally, “Done work doesn't cause a nuisance.”)

Don't put off til tomorrow what you could do today.


convit

→ Portuguese: convite

→ Spanish: convite


reveixí

Crematogaster scutellaris, a species of ant which forms nests in deadwood


sotragueig

sotragueig m (plural sotragueigs or sotraguejos)

sotragueigs (plural)
sotraguejos (plural)

[su.tɾəˈɣɛt͡ʃ]

[so.tɾəˈɣət͡ʃ]


ròssec

Deverbal from rossegar, aphetic variant of arrossegar.


patolla

Alternative form of patoll (“crowd, mob”)


penyora

pledge, pawn, security (something redeemable)


capça

una capça de bròquil


aleteig

[ə.ləˈtɛt͡ʃ]

[ə.ləˈtət͡ʃ]


parpelleig

parpelleig m (plural parpelleigs or parpellejos)

parpelleigs (plural)
parpellejos (plural)

[pər.pəˈʎɛt͡ʃ]

[pər.pəˈʎət͡ʃ]


a recules

Deverbal from recular (“to go backwards”).


carteig

De sobte, després d'un carteig esbojarrat i d'algunes entrevistes tingudes amb ella amb motiu d'una estada seva a Barcelona, l'un i l'altre vam deixar d'interessar-nos.

1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

Suddenly, after a lively correspondence and some interviews held with her with the aim of having her come to stay in Barcelona, we lost interest in each other.

correspondence (an exchange of letters, or the letters exchanged)


pessic

Mediterranean shamefaced crab (Calappa granulata)