on

Inherited from Old Catalan on (“whence”), from Latin unde (“whence”). Compare Occitan ont, Old French ont (French dont), Spanish onde.


ans

ans al contrari


ben

Porteu un vestit ben bonic.

Demà al matí ben d'hora m'aixeco i viatjo a Milan.

Tomorrow morning quite early I'll get up and travel to Milan.


sí

No parles català? – Sí que el parlo!
Do you not speak Catalan? – I do speak it [Catalan]!


aquí

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum hīc, from Latin eccum + hīc ("this here"), the latter from hīc, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”).


net

From Old Catalan net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“bright, clear”). Doublet of nèdol ('pasturage'), from Old Catalan nèdeu (“clean”), from nitidus- but without the early syncope. Compare also French net, Italian netto.


just

Inherited from Old Catalan just, from Latin iūstus.


ja

already, (in negative sentences) any more


massa

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).


prop

Inherited from Old Catalan prop, from Latin prope.

No el vull a prop meu

Ja devem ser prop del mar

Fa prop de tres-cents anys

(followed by "de") about, around, roughly


pianissimo

Borrowed from Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


mes

Inherited from Old Catalan mas, mays, from Latin magis.


avant

Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”).


vet

Inherited from Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

vet aquí


pus

Inherited from Old Catalan pus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”). Compare Occitan pus, French plus.

der

no en vull pus


primer

Inherited from Old Catalan primer, from Latin prīmārius.


assai

assai blanc

M'agrada assai això


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.

No feu pas això

No serà pas important.

It won't matter. (literally, “It won't be so important.”)

(in negative sentences) used to intensify negation: at all, ever


però

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).


hoc

Inherited from Old Catalan hoc, from Latin hoc (“this”). Cognate with Occitan òc and partially with French oui.

Voleu venir amb nosaltres? – Hoc vull venir!
Do you want to come with us? – I do want to come.!


mai

No ho sabrem mai.

Hi has vingut mai, a la festa major?

Have you ever been to the major festival?


p. ex.

Abbreviation of per exemple (“for example”); e.g.


fort

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).


que

Inherited from Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

Que bonic és viure!

how; used to indicate surprise, delight and such


tal

Inherited from Old Catalan tal, from Latin tālis. Compare Occitan tal, French tel, Spanish tal.


gens

No m'agrada gens.

No queda gens de sal.

Et queda gens de sal?


fondo

Borrowed from Spanish fondo, from Latin fundus.


sempre

Inherited from Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.


fora

Inherited from Latin forās (“outside”) (compare Occitan fòra, French hors, Spanish fuera), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).


tard

Inherited from Old Catalan tart, from Latin tardē.


ça

Inherited from Latin *ecce hāc. Compare French çà.


com

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quomō, from classical Latin quōmodō. Cognate with Spanish como. See also French comme and Italian come.


bis

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).


ací

Inherited from Late Latin ecce hīc. Compare French ci.


molt

Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.


contra

Més endavant, va parlar contra la gent sense família

2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

But before, he spoke against people without family


sota

Inherited from Old Catalan sota, from Vulgar Latin *subta, alteration of Latin subtus (whence Old Catalan sots), derived from sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo.


hui

Inherited from Old Catalan hui, from Latin hodiē, from hōc + diē (literally “on this day”).


donc

(obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of doncs


poder

Per GDLC, a popular alteration of potser.


ara

Inherited from Latin ad hōram. Compare Occitan ara.


recte

Borrowed from Latin rēctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).


después

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish después.


més

més que un club

(with a definite article) (the) most (used to form superlatives)


vora

Inherited from Latin ōra. Compare Spanish orilla.

Una cerca ràpida per “Tsunami Democràtic” (cometes incloses) torna vora 1,5 milions de resultats.

2019 October 26, Josep Maria Ganyet, “I amb l’emoji, la revolta”, in La Vanguardia:

A quick search for "Democratic Tsunami" (including quotation marks) returns nearly 1.5 million results.


avui

From a- + vui, the latter from Latin hodiē.


ahir

From a (“to”) + Old Catalan hir, from Latin herī.


encara

From Vulgar Latin hanc hōram (“at this hour”). Compare French encore, Italian ancora.

der

Encara no.

La felicitat de viure és tenir projectes per al futur, encara que el futur sigui breu.

2019 June 21, Ima Sanchís, “"Vivim en una societat fracturada que anhela la trobada"”, in La Vanguardia:

The happiness of living is having projects for the future, even if the future is short.


en bloc

From en + bloc. Perhaps modeled on French en bloc.


no

No tinc diners.

No facis això.


tost

Inherited from Latin tostum, the neuter of tostus. Cognate with French tôt, Italian tosto.


quan

Inherited from Old Catalan quant~quand~quan~can~cant, from Latin quandō.

Sabeu quan arribaran?


súper

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.


manco

Probably from archaic Italian manco (“less”, adverb).

més o manco

(Alghero, Balearic, Valencia, Empordà) less


per sempre

forever, for ever, forevermore, for good


força

Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.

Aquesta feina és força divertida.

Ell arribarà força aviat.


també

From tan + bé. Compare Portuguese também, Spanish también.


enllà

Fes-te enllà.

D'ahir enllà.

De demà enllà.


potser

Univerbation of pot (“it may”) + ser (“be”). Compare French peut-être and English maybe.


collons

Qui collons és aquest?

Com collons hi entrarem?

Si us plau, què collons fas?

interrogative pronoun
interrogative pronoun

(vulgar) the fuck (used after interrogative pronouns as an intensifier.)


diables

Què diables ha passat aquí?!

the hell, the devil, on earth; expletive used after an interrogative


malgrat

From mal- + grat, from Latin grātus. Compare French malgré, Italian malgrado.


llavors

Des de llavors, sempre ha anat amb cura.

Llavors, el gat va parlar amb la guineu.

Estàs cansat? Llavors has de dormir.

Are you tired? In that case you have to sleep.


a la romana

Ellipsis of a la manera romana (“in the Roman manner”). Compare Italian alla romana and Spanish a la romana.

ellipsis

cooked by dredging in flour and egg and then frying


prou

Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”).

«Rússia estava en la ruïna absoluta.» «Però van ser prou intel·ligents com per mantenir la indústria aeroespacial.»

2019 June 17, Lluís Amiguet, ““Només salvarem la Terra si units prioritzem la ciència””, in La Vanguardia:

"Russia was in absolute ruin." "But they were smart enough to keep the aerospace industry."


directe

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of dret, which was inherited.

Tot va anar bé, fins i tot Montbou se'n va anar directe a descansar.

2011, Joan Torró Soriano, Pluja a la mar: El somni impossible d'Alessandro Malaspina, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 142:

Everything went well; Montbou even went straight to rest.


a preu fet

for a fixed price established before the good is produced or the service is provided which will not be affected by the actual cost of production


arran

From Proto-Germanic [Term?], cognate with English rand (“edge, border”).

Tallar els cabells arran.

Omplir el gerro ben arran.

Calcar seguint la línia molt arran.


sovint

Inherited from Old Catalan sovint~sovent, from Latin subinde (“repeatedly, continually”). Compare French souvent.


aviat

Inherited from Old Catalan viats, vivats, ivaç, from Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”). Compare obsolete Italian avaccio (“soon”).

El sopar aviat estarà fet.

M'agrada arribar aviat a l'examen.


heus

heu + vos. Compare Portuguese eis, Spanish he.

heus ací


anàrquicament

From anàrquica (“anarchical”) + -ment (“-ly”).


pla

Inherited from Old Catalan plan, from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare Occitan plan, French plain, Spanish llano.


gaire

Borrowed from Frankish *waigaro. Compare Occitan gaire, Piedmontese vaire, French guère.

No en queda gaire.

No va dir gaire res.

(in negative constructions) not much, hardly any

Que en queda gaire?

(in interrogative constructions) any much


finalment

l'atenció del rei podrà adreçar-se finalment envers la reforma de les institucions d'origen català

The king could finally address the reform of Catalan institutions


essencialment

Una activitat poètica d’expressió essencialment italiana

A poetic activity of chiefly Italian expression


doncs

Inherited from Vulgar Latin dunc (with adverbial /-s/), probably from a crossing of Latin tunc with dum. Compare Occitan dunc, French donc, Italian dunque.


completament

vosaltres deveu haver vist a les flores quan estan completament obertes

You must have seen the flowers when they are completely open


més o menys

Més o menys a partir de 1811, Urgias va començar a formar de manera sistemàtica una biblioteca que va anomenar « Miscellanee sarde »

More or less starting in 1811, Urgias started to systematically form a library called "Miscellaneous Sardinian"


per exemple

for example (used to introduce an example)


sobretot

From sobre + tot. Cognate with French surtout and Spanish sobretodo.


després

Possibly from Latin de ex pressum, or more likely from Old Catalan despuix, despuis, depuis (itself from Latin de post) + aprés.


abans

Inherited from Old Catalan abants, from Vulgar Latin *abantius, from Late Latin ab ante (with /-(i)us/ added perhaps by analogy with prius), from ab (“from”) + ante (“before”). Compare Occitan abans.


com de costum

Com de costum, estic borratxo i ple de pastilles.


enrere

back, backwards; in the direction opposite to the one one is facing


de nou

Intenta-ho de nou.

Benvingut de nou!


una mica

El meu company bevia una mica massa. Era una beguda forta, com ginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.

1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

My companion was drinking a bit too much. It was a strong drink, like gin or whisky, the name of which I'd never heard.

És una mica difícil.


darrere

Inherited from Late Latin dē retrō, possibly restructured as *dē ad retrō.


així

→ Sardinian: aici

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum sīc, from Latin eccum + sīc. Cognate with Sicilian accussì and Italian così. Compare also Portuguese assim, Romanian așa, Spanish así, French ainsi.


quelcom

Inherited from Old Catalan queacom, queucom, calcom, caucom, from Latin quale-cumque or quiddam-cumque, although Spitzer suggests quale-quomodo. Compare Occitan calacom, quezacom, queacom.


demà

Inherited from Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”), from dē + Latin māne, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen”).


sisplau

(informal) Contraction of si us plau; please


si us plau

Literally, “if it pleases you”. Compare Occitan se vos plai, French s’il vous plaît, and Franco-Provençal se vos plét.


només

Univerbation of no + més. Compare Latin American Spanish nomás and Romanian numai.


tot plegat

cinc euros, tot plegat


gairebé

Són gairebé les sis en punt.

En deu tenir gairebé quaranta.


lluny

Inherited from Old Catalan luny, from Latin longē. Compare French loin, Occitan luènh.


llarg

Inherited from Old Catalan larch, inherited from Latin largus.


tanmateix

Plovia a bot i barrals, tanmateix tothom hi va venir.

It was raining cats and dogs, nevertheless everyone came.


tampoc

From tan + poc. Compare Spanish tampoco.


solament

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola + -ment.


endins

inside, inward (towards the interior of something)


pitjor

Inherited from Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). First attested in the 14th century.


fins i tot

Fins i tot un nen pot respondre aquesta pregunta.

És fins i tot pitjor del que es veu.

Si llavors es punxa la mà de goma, el subjecte percep una punxada que no ha rebut. Dit d’una altra manera, la nostra experiència de la realitat no es basa únicament en el que transmeten els sentits sinó també en les expectatives que tenim, i es veu molt influïda per les experiències prèvies i fins i tot per les creences.

2020 December 12, David Bueno, “10 coses que encara no sabem del cervell [10 things we still don't know about the brain]”, in Ara:

If the rubber hand is then pricked, the subject perceives a pinch that it hasn't received. In other words, our experience of reality isn't based solely on what our senses transmit but also in the expectations we have, and it's very influenced by our previous experiences and even by our beliefs.


mentrestant

From mentre + estant, or possibly mentre + tant with an adverbial -s inserted. Compare Spanish mientras tanto.


aleshores

Inherited from Latin ad illam hōram. Compare Occitan alara, French alors, Italian allora, Spanish alora.

des d'aleshores


almanco

(Alghero, Balearic, Ceret, Valencia) at least


dimonis

Què dimonis ha passat aquí?!

–Creia que s'hi quedava a viure! Mein Gott, però què dimonis ha passat allà baix?

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN, page 180:


baix

Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Compare Occitan baish.


tb

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of també (“also”).


ràpid

Borrowed from Latin rapidus. First attested in 1653.

Quan va començar, la clau era detectar ràpid els brots i aïllar les zones més afectades per evitar que els casos s'escampessin.

2020 July 27, Salvador Macip, “Els reptes de la vacunació [The challenges of vaccination]”, in El Periódico:

When it began, the key was to quickly detect outbreaks and isolate the most affected areas to avoid cases spreading.


francament

From franc + -ment. Compare Italian and Spanish francamente, French franchement.


a poc a poc

[ə ˈpɔk ə ˈpɔk]

Les persones que, als 45 anys, caminen més a poc a poc poden tenir el cervell més envellit que altres persones de la mateixa edat. Així ho conclou un estudi presentat aquest divendres per la nord-americana Universitat de Duke.

2019 October 11, “Si camines a poc a poc, envelliràs abans”, in Diari de Girona:

People who, at 45, walk more slowly may have more aged brains than other people of the same age. So concludes a study presented this Friday by the American Duke University.


suficientment

és suficientment bé

no és suficientment fresca


igualment

From igual + -ment. Compare Spanish igualmente, French également.


atentament

El nen va prendre tímidament l'insecte i el va examinar atentament

The child timidly took the insect, and examined it attentively


doblement

(chiefly figuratively) doubly (twice as much)


a punt de

Cognate of Spanish a punto de, French sur le point de.

a punt de morir


despuis

From Old Catalan depuis with a change of prefix.


difícilment

Molts dels negocis que van tancar amb la recessió anterior i que encara tenen les persianes abaixades difícilment tornaran a obrir.

2020 July 29, Silvia Angulo, “Els propietaris proposen convertir locals buits en pisos [Business owners suggest converting empty storefronts into apartments]”, in La Vanguardia:

Many of the businesses that closed with the previous recession and still have the blinds lowered will reopen with difficulty.


jamai

(obsolete, poetic) Alternative form of mai


enguany

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *hōque annō, from Latin hōc annō. Probably influenced by the prefix en-. Cognate to Occitan ongan.


a primera vista

(idiomatic) at first glance, at the first look


incondicionalment

wholeheartedly, unconditionally, unreservedly, unquestioningly


ençà

del 1970 ençà

des d'aleshores ençà

de llavors ençà


ençà i enllà

(idiomatic) here and there, to and fro, hither and thither


domés

(nonstandard) Alternative form of només (colloquial form used in Nothern Catalan area)


amunt

up, upward (in opposite direction of the downward pull of gravity)


onsevulga

En les properes eleccions catalanes hi haurà seguidors de Don Luigi Sturzo escampats per onsevulga, en llistes en les quals alguns vells tastadors troben gust a compromís històric italià i altres a Kuomintang xinès.

2017 November 25, Francesc Valls, “El desordre ideològic”, in El País:


enlloc

Univerbation of en + lloc. Compare Occitan enlòc. Originally "in a place, anywhere," becoming a negative through its use in negative constructions such as no... enlloc; compare res or pas or French personne.

no es fa servir enlloc

enlloc del món

absolutely nowhere (literally, “nowhere in the world”)


dalt

From de + alt. First attested in the 14th century.


a penes

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam, with an additional adverbial /-s/ (compare doncs < Latin tunc).


altrament

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically derivable from altra + -ment.


arreu

→ Spanish: arreo

From a + a descendant from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz (“advice, counsel”). Compare Spanish and Galician arreo.


originàriament

From originari + -ment. First attested in 1839.


pler

ca-adj

pler (feminine plera, masculine plural plers, feminine plural pleres)

plera (feminine)
plers (masculine plural)
pleres (feminine plural)


en definitiva

all things considered
all things considered

(idiomatic) all in all, all things considered


sis plau

(informal) Contraction of si us plau; please, if you please


per favor

(chiefly Valencia) please, if you please


alhora

ballar i cantar alhora


originalment

From original + -ment. First attested in 1803.


mot a mot

M'ho va explicar mot a mot.


a llarg termini

L'alcaldessa de Barcelona afirma que deixar Twitter és un pla meditat: “És cert que a curt termini puc perdre capacitat d'incidència, però aquesta és una decisió de llarg recorregut, una aposta a llarg termini”.

2021 April 14, Cristian Segura, quoting Ada Colau, “Ada Colau i Twitter: el risc d’unes xarxes socials massa personals”, in El País:


mant

Inherited from Old Catalan mant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *managiþō, cognate with Old French maint, or possibly from a conflation of tantus (“many”) + magnum (“large”).


a la vegada

at once, at a time, at the same time, simultaneously


tal vegada

[ˈtal βəˈɣa.ðə]


de vegades

[də βəˈɣa.ðəs]


d'una vegada

[ˈd‿u.nə βəˈɣa.ðə]


inclús

Borrowed from Latin inclūsus. Doublet of inclòs.

És inclús pitjor del que es veu.


de sobra

[də ˈsɔ.βɾə]


eternament

A més, de dos països eternament rivals: Colòmbia i Veneçuela.

2016 October 5, “Maluma vs. Chino i Nacho: duel de reggaeton a Montjuïc”, in El Periódico:


judicialment

La Cambra catalana va aprovar, amb el suport de tots els grups polítics excepte Junts pel Sí, una proposta de resolució en la qual se l’insta a personar-se judicialment «en tots els casos d’abusos sexuals comesos contra menors».

2016 October 5, “Parlament ordena al Govern exercir d'acusació en el 'caso Maristes'”, in El Periódico:


nítidament

«Para, això no», se sent nítidament que diu la jove.

2016 October 5, “La jove del vídeo denuncia els jugadors de l'Eibar Enrich i Luna”, in El Periódico:


del tot

Així doncs, a través de la veu sincera dels nens, que de manera espontània i informal relaten algunes de les actituds de risc que adopten els seus progenitors quan circulen, se’ns alerta que comportaments quotidians que mostrem poden comportar situacions de perill a la carretera i que, sovint, no en som del tot conscients.

2019 November 10, “Els nens sempre diuen la veritat, també sobre la conducció”, in La Vanguardia:

So, through the honest voice of children, which spontaneously and informally tells some of the risky behaviors that their parents adopt when they drive, we are alerted to the daily behaviors that we show may entail dangerous situations on the road which, often, we're not entirely aware of.


avui dia

[əˈβuj ˈði.ə]


de primera

Una fonda de primera!

(idiomatic) top-notch, high-level, top-class


a l'hora

a l'hora de menjar

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, la, hora.


de franc

Amb aquell document a la mà podies viatjar de franc amb tren.

1992, Xavier Garcia, Memòria i confessió, L'Abadia de Montserrat, →ISBN, page 107:

With that document on hand you could travel for free on the train.

Somniar és de franc.

2014, Jordi Marrugat, Narrativa catalana de la postmodernitat. Històries, formes i motius, Edicions Universitat Barcelona, →ISBN, page 67:


abans-d'ahir

From abans de (“before”) + ahir (“yesterday”).

compound

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


un cop

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see un, cop; once, one time


tot just

Tot i que tot just ara complirà vint-i-vuit anys, el veig molt madur.

2004, Maurici Serrahima, Del passat quan era present: 1948-1958, L'Abadia de Montserrat, →ISBN, page 36:

Although he's just now turning twenty-eight, I find him to be very mature.


de debò

Està furiós, perquè de debò que no vol estudiar i es troba com atrapat.

1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 31:

He's furious, because he truly doesn't want to study and he feels like trapped.


com ara

Recordo que sempre ens donava consells simples i encertats per seguir-lo, com ara “no em perdeu”, o bé "vinga, seguiu-me”, que no sempre, òbviament, podíem complir.

2012, Jordi Caballeria Arnaus, El Temps, Que Tot Ho Emmerda, Editorial Digital NEUROSI:

I remember he always gave us simple, fitting advice for following him such as "don't lose me", or even "come on, follow me", which obviously we couldn't always do.


a tort i a dret

[ə ˈtɔrt i ə ˈðɾɛt]

[ə ˈtɔrt i ə ˈðɾət]


dempeus

From de (“of”) + en (“on”) + peus (“feet”).

posar-se dempeus


en un tres i no res

Literally, “in a three and nothing at all”.

lit

in the blink of an eye
in the blink of an eye


de grapes

de quatre grapes
de quatre grapes#Catalan


xano-xano

Borrowed from Ligurian ciano-ciano, reduplication of ciano from Latin plānus (“level, even”).


a corre-cuita

From the imperative of córrer (“to run”) and cuitar (“to hurry”).

Feia espetecs amb els llavis i l'Aneris m'obeïa d'immediat. Va desparar la taula, i va despullar-se a corre-cuita.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


a part

aside (to or on one side so as to be out of the way)


belleu

ben or bé + lleu. Compare Occitan benlèu.


endarrere

tres dies endarrere


al cap i a la fi

Literally, “at the extreme and the end”. Compare Spanish al fin y al cabo, with reversed order.

Al cap i a la fi, la literatura no són més que emocions cristal·litzades.

2019 August 14, Lluís Amiguet, “Viu-ho, fes-ne fotos i comparteix”, in La Vanguardia:

After all, literature is no more than crystallized emotions.

at the end of the day
at the end of the day

(idiomatic) at the end of the day, after all


debades

Inherited from Old Catalan de bada, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil). Compare Galician and Spanish en balde.

no debades…

D’aquesta nissaga, titllada de prometeica en al·lusió al rebel que va modelar els humans del fang i els va atorgar el foc de la cultura i la tecnologia, sovint se’n subratlla el càstig al creador per haver desafiat els déus o la natura, sobretot a partir d’una Mary Shelley que el 1818 va crear el seu —el març bicententari— Frankenstein (no debades subtitulat El modern Prometeu).

2017 October 8, Ricard Ruiz Garzón, “Més humans que un replicant”, in El País:


àdhuc

Learned borrowing from Latin adhūc. Compare Spanish aún.

Cansat, consumit, una mica feixuc i àdhuc una mica culgròs, no es pot desprendre de la il·lusió que un dia l'hauran de tornar a cridar a un càrrec en el qual ha fet tants mèrits, que el destí el traurà de la foscor una vegada més, com tantes altres, i el restituirà al diví joc de la política.

2011, Joan Fontcuberta, transl., Fouché: Retrat d'un home polític, Quaderns Crema, translation of original by Stefan Zweig, →ISBN:


de gom a gom

ple de gom a gom


daltabaix

Univerbation of d' (“from”) + alt (“high”) + a (“to”) + baix (“low”)

univ

Va caure daltabaix de la teulada.

From the top of something down to the ground.


trinco-trinco

Onomatopoeic from the sound of coins clinking. Compare trincar (“to clink”).


enlaire

Contraction of en l'aire (“in the air”). Compare Sicilian a l'àriu/nti l'àriu

mans enlaire!

panxa enlaire

in supine position, lying on one's back (an idiom, literally belly upward)


idò

From i (“and”) + do, interpreting doncs (commonly pronounced /dɔns/) as a plural noun.

–Idò llavors he vist un cotxe tipus furgoneta, totalment desgavellat, pitjor que el meu trasto.

2013, Marta Cedro, Guillem Calaforra, transl., El llenyater, Rayo Verde Editorial, translation of Drwal by Michal Witkowski, →ISBN:

So then I saw a small van kind of car, totally broken down, worse than my shitbox.

I ploraves, me miraves, i tampoc sabies què fer. Idò un cafè

2020, “Idò un cafè”, translation of original by Maria Hein:

And you were crying, you were looking at me, and you didn't know what to do either. So, a coffee.


per descomptat

«Quan vaig conèixer Emma Watson i vaig veure que era tan maca –encara ho és, per descomptat– vaig pensar ‘Està bé’.

2020 December 7, Noelia Ramírez, “‘Gambito de dama’, tenim un problema (o per què les lletges de la literatura són maques a la pantalla)”, in El País:


de reüll

out of the corner of one's eye
out of the corner of one's eye


de sobres

[də ˈsɔ.βɾəs]


curosament

Les coses s'avien disposat curosament a terra, seguint les parets.

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

All things had been carefully arranged on the floor, following the walls.


d'amagatotis

Però sens dubte, d'amagatotis, ell havia omplert les mines amb tot el que teníem.

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

But, undoubtedly, he had secretly filled the mines with all we had.


al capdavall

Al capdavall, plantejar-se si en Batís era bo o dolent no tenia cap mena d'importància.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 12, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

All things considered, wondering whether Batís was good or sick was of no importance at all.


a pastar fang

Vés a pastar fang!

in the middle of nowhere
in the middle of nowhere

(idiomatic, colloquial) in the middle of nowhere


a cau d'orella

[ə ˈkaw ð‿uˈɾe.ʎə]

[ə ˈkaw ð‿oˈɾe.ʎə]


a la quinta forca

(idiomatic) in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere


entretant

From entre + tant. Compare Spanish entretanto.


fluix

Inherited from Latin fluxus (adjective). Doublet of flux.

parlava molt fluix

he/she spoke very softly, at a low volume


nogensmenys

From no (“not”) + gens (“at all”) + menys (“less”).


extramurs

Borrowed from Latin extrā mūrōs. By surface analysis, extra- + murs.


urgentment

"Necessitem urgentment saber més sobre l’impacte dels microplàstics en la nostra salut, perquè són a tot arreu, fins i tot en l’aigua que bevem"[…]

2019 August 22, Gemma Garrido Granger, “L'aigua que bevem conté microplàstics però no suposen un risc per a la salut”, in Ara:

"We urgently need to know more about the impact of microplastics on our health, because they're everywhere, even in the water that we drink" […]


lleu

Inherited from Latin levis. For the meaning "lungs", compare archaic English lights (“lungs (of animals, eaten as food)”), because they are lighter than adjacent parts of the animal.


universalment

From universal + -ment. First attested in 1507.


al ras

Si fa bo, baixarem a la platja i dormirem al ras.

If weather is fine, we'll go down to the beach to sleep out in the open

Hi ha arribat per les recomanacions de la Policia Municipal que, les nits que els termòmetres es desplomen, recorre els carrers per oferir aquest recurs als indigents i demanar-los que no passin la nit al ras.

2017 January 18, “Objectiu: que ningú dormi al ras quan els termòmetres es desplomen”, in Diari de Girona:

outdoors without any cover, under the stars, out in the open


ensems

From Latin īnsimul. Cognate with Italian insieme, French ensemble.


tothora

From tota (“all”) + hora (“time”). First attested in the 14th century.


tot sovint

Però el masclisme també es troba a les narratives dels jocs en què, tot sovint, una dona, per exemple una princesa, necessita ser salvada.

2019 December 29, Claudia Frontino, “Gràcies, Mario, però la princesa se salva sola [Thanks, Mario, but the princess saves herself]”, in Ara:

But male chauvinism is also found in the narratives of the games in which, all too often, a woman, for example a princess, needs to be saved.


p. e.

Abbreviation of per exemple (“for example”); e.g.


telefònicament

From telefònic + -ment. Compare Spanish telefónicamente.


aixina

(Valencia, colloquial) Alternative form of així


llunt

(Valencia, colloquial) Alternative form of lluny


algèbricament

[əʎˌʒɛ.βɾi.kəˈmen]


d'estranquis

I jo he vingut d'estranquis, no ho diguessis a ningú / Aquí al lloc d'aquesta terra que més em recorda a tu

1997, Quimi Portet (lyrics and music), “La Rambla”, in Hoquei sobre pedres, Perro Records:


poquet

From poc + -et. Compare Occitan pauquet.

Fa poquet que ets per aquí?

diminutive of poc (“very little, not much”)


a collibè

From a (“to, at”) + coll (“neck”) + i (“and”) + be (“sheep”), from shepherds' habit of carrying lambs over their shoulders.

com

Se'm penjava del pit i a collibè a discreció.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


més aviat

Fa més aviat fred per un mes d'abril.

El trobo més aviat agre.

més aviat alt que baix


a banda i banda

A banda i banda dels accessos, gel desinfectant i els comptadors de persones:[…].

2021 April 23, Blanca Cia, “Sant Jordi planta cara a la pandèmia a Barcelona”, in El País:

On both sides of the entryways, disinfectant gel and person counters...

Se sentia el soroll intermitent de la campaneta, que ho dominava tot, i a banda i banda, tot al llarg dels carrers, centenars de llumenetes tremolaven a dalt de les portes, i en finestres i balcons.

1965, Sebastià Juan Arbó, Narracions del Delta:

The intermittent sound of the handbell, which dominated everything, was heard and, all along the streets on both sides, hundreds of small lights trembled above the doorways, in windows, and on balconies.


fil per randa

explicar fil per randa


per endavant

pagar per endavant


papissot

Alteration of balbuçot, from balbuç (“stammer”), probably under influence from parlar.

Tenia dificultats de pronunciar el so de la essa i parlava papissot.
He had trouble pronouncing the letter s and spoke with a lisp.


descomunalment

El que és cert és que està intentant reproduir la mateixa estratègia de Convergència: ocupar espais de poder fins a ocupar el carril central –descomunalment ample– de la política catalana.

2019 June 3, Pau Luque Sánchez, “ERC 2019, segon ‘round’”, in El País, retrieved 2021-07-19:


fora que

unless (except on a specified condition)


com a

Com a estudiant vaig interessar-me per les llengües orientals.

As a student, I became interested in oriental languages.

Ell va venir a Berlín com a professor.

Tanmateix, hem d'acceptar-lo no sols com a possible, sinó fins i tot com a lògic.

1964, Joan Fuster, “Avarícia”, in Diccionari per a ociosos:

However, we must accept it not only as possible, but even as logical.


de bat a bat

Les portes del saló s'obren de bat a bat i una fredor d'aire enrarit topa el rostre de Laura.

1931, Miquel Llor, Laura a la ciutat dels sants:

The doors of the salon open wide and a chill of rarefied air strikes Laura's face.


a orri

(Valencia) haphazardly, in a disorderly fashion


a empentes i rodolons

with great difficulty; in fits and starts


a doll

[U]na de sas mans tenía encara fortament la carta, l'altra'l mocador, y de sos ulls rodolavan lliurament pe'l rostre llágrimas á doll.

One of her hands still held tight the letter, the other the handkerchief, and from her eyes tears freely flowed down her face in abundance.


en orri

From orri, a barn for milking sheep; hence a crowded, disorderly place.


entre l'espasa i la paret

Em puc estar entre l'espasa i la paret el temps que calgui

2017, “Fent amics”, performed by Renaldo & Clara:

I can stay between a rock and a hard place as long as it takes

between a rock and a hard place
between a rock and a hard place


a la intempèrie

out in the open, outdoors, under the stars


de camí

de camí cap a València


al pèl

Alternative form of a pèl (“with the grain”)


girientorn

From girar (“to turn”) + entorn (“surrounding”).


per cosa

(Alghero) Alternative form of per què
(interrogative) why


al comptat

pagar al comptat


amb comptagotes

Pere Puntí es resisteix a fer declaracions. Deixa anar les paraules amb comptagotes.

2016 February 8, Cristian Segura, “El català sancionat pel seu lligam amb l’Iran continuarà vetat als EUA”, in El País, retrieved 2022-05-19:


aixana

(Valencia, colloquial) Alternative form of aixà


remorosament

buzzingly, murmuringly (producing an indistinct continuous noise)


mi-les

(Alghero) behold!, here they are! (feminine plural)


mi-lo

(Alghero) behold!, here it is! (masculine singular)


mi-los

(Alghero) behold!, here they are! (masculine plural)


mi-la

(Alghero) behold!, here it is! (feminine singular)


per plaier

Literally, “for pleasure”. Compare Occitan per plaser.


a estiracabells

La Matilde sabia per experència què significava anar a buscar els propis mobles als magatzems distribuïdors. Haver-te de barallar a l'aranya estiracabells per aconseguir un joc de cadires que era ben teu, i veure com una dama desaprensiva se'n duia les chinoiseries de l'avi, era més del es que podia suportar.

1969, Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Feliçament, jo sóc una dona:

Matilde knew from experience what it meant to go looking for your own furniture at distribution warehouses. You had to struggle tooth and nail to get a set of chairs that was properly yours and see how an unscrupulous lady made off with grandpa's chinoiseries, it was more than one could bear.


adesiara

From adés (“just now”) + i (“and”) + ara (“now”).

La Munda esguardava amb fixesa al seu davant, el pensament vagabund; adesiara una llàgrima li humitejava els parpres i el seu rostre es contreia com per a contenir el plor.

1986, Ferran Canyameres, Més enllà del rancor, Editorial Laertes, page 43:

Munda stared fixedly in front of her, her thoughts wandering; from time to time a tear moistened her eyelids and her face contracted as if to hold back weeping.


de fit a fit

Els examinà cautament, deliberadament, recelosament, després em mirà una estona de fit a fit, i després va cridar un altre funcionari.

1918, Josep Carner, L'elefant blanc, robat:

He examined them cautiously, deliberately, suspiciously, then looked at me fixedly for a while, and then called another functionary.


un dia

one day, someday (at an unspecified future date)


enguanyasses

From enguany (“this year”) + -asses (augmentative suffix).


llavonses

[ʎəˈβɔn.səs]

(nonstandard) Alternative form of llavors


llavons

llavors analyzed as a plural → singular llavò, re-pluralized as llavons and/or influenced by doncs.


any rere any

[…]l’entitat va presentar l’informe, en què any rere any, des del 2016, augmenta el nombre de queixes lingüístiques per vulneració del dret a emprar el català en la comunicació diària.

2022 December 27, Emma Ansola, “Queixes lingüístiques a l'alça”, in El Punt Avui:


d'esquitllèbit

From esquitllar with a pseudo-Latin suffix of uncertain origin.


de gairó

From earlier de gaidó, from Arabic غَيْضٌ (ḡayḍun).


de gairell

[də ɣəjˈɾeʎ]

From earlier de gairó under influence of cairell (“angular stone”) and caire (“corner”).


a gust

s'hi troba a gust a casa


allèn

Inherited from Old Catalan allen, from Latin illinc. First attested in the Llibre dels fets.

beyond, further (in the expression per allèn.)


d'incògnit

incognito (without revealing one's identity)


despuix

En mòlt brèu temps l' hom no 's pot dolorir / tant com despuix ab 'l entendre 's costret,

1884, Ausias March, “Que val delit puix no es conegut”, in Obras del poeta valenciá Ausias March:


un senabre

From the puny size of a mustard seed. Compare English usages such as "without a grain of sense".

sense menjar un senabre de res


llavòrens

[ʎəˈβɔ.ɾəns]

[ʎəˈvɔ.ɾəns]

(nonstandard) Alternative form of llavors (colloquial form used in most of Central Catalan area)


com una seda

anar (un afer) com una seda


a mitges

fet a mitges


a la primera

Ha funcionat a la primera!


de tomballons

anar de tomballons

El seu matrimoni anava de tomballons.


en petit comitè

Literally, “in (a) small committee”. Compare French en petit comité.


a temps parcial

En Carles treballa a temps parcial


de seguida

[də səˈɣi.ðə]


panxa enlaire

in supine position, lying on one's back (an idiom, literally belly upward)


de bocaterrosa

in prone position, lying on one's belly (an idiom, literally mouth on the ground)


a mig camí

Podíem haver viatjat fins a mig camí de la lluna a hores d'ara.

We could have travelled halfway to the moon by now.


a reculons

Com si hagués sentit una blasfemia, les seves faccions van contraure-s, va fer-se tot ulls, agafà amb una mà'l barret i amb l'altra'l bastó, i, mirant el jove poeta amb ulls espantats, recelosos, plens d'indignada admiració, i caminant de reculons, va sortir de la sala.

1909, Francesc Grans i Elias, Siluetes de escriptors catalans del sigle XIX:

As if he'd heard an insult, his features contracted, he became all eyes, grabbed his hat with one hand and his cane with the other and--watching the young poet with frightened, mistrustful eyes, full of outraged admiration, and walking backwards--he left the hall.

Alternative form of a recules (“backwards”)


a recules

Deverbal from recular (“to go backwards”).


a la juliana

ceba tallada a la juliana