Essential English Idioms and Vocabulary with Catalan Translations

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English Idioms and Expressions with Catalan Translations

  • Like father, like son - de tal palo tal astilla
  • Bad blood - mal rollo
  • Everybody and their uncle was there - estaba petado de gente
  • Tied to his mum's apron strings - hecho dependiente de su madre (home dependent de la seva mare)
  • Stay away - allunyar-se
  • Alike - igual
  • Aware of - prendre consciencia de
  • Fit in - adaptar-se
  • Involve - estar involucrat
  • Likely - probablement
  • Named after - dir-se com / portar el nom de
  • Peer - colega
  • Provide - proporcionar
  • Reject - rebutjar
  • Side with - posar-se al costat de
  • Bring up - criar
  • Chore - tasca domèstica
  • Easygoing - tolerant
  • Major powers - grans potències
  • Clear up - asserenar-se

Weather Vocabulary

  • Cold spell - temporada de fred
  • Freezing cold - fred horrorós
  • Heat wave - onada de calor
  • Blizzard - temporal de neu
  • Boiling hot - calor terrible
  • Lightning - llamp
  • Mild - suau / temperat
  • Muggy - xafogós
  • Overcast - nuvolós
  • Breeze - brisa
  • Chilly - fresc desagradable
  • Dry season - temporada de sequera
  • Forecast - predicció meteorològica
  • Drought - sequera
  • Rainfall - pluja que cau
  • Raindrops - gotes de pluja
  • Fog - boira
  • Hailstone - granissa
  • Thunder - tro
  • Pour - ploure a bots i barrals
  • Severe - dur
  • Shade - ombra

Family Vocabulary

  • Spoiled - nen mimat
  • Fiancé - promès
  • Grow apart - distanciar-se
  • Like up to - estar a la cima
  • Strict - estricte
  • Nephew - nebot
  • Niece - neboda
  • Siblings - germans
  • Take after - assemblar-se
  • Bring up - criar

Phrasal Verbs and Common Expressions

  • Get a job - aconseguir feina
  • Get an award - rebre un premi
  • Get back - tornar
  • Get pocket money - rebre paga
  • Get permission - obtenir permís
  • Get dark - fer-se fosc
  • Get divorced - divorciar-se
  • Get engaged - prometre's
  • Get good marks - tenir bones notes
  • Get there - arribar-hi
  • Get home - arribar a casa
  • Get lost - perdre's
  • Get old - envellir
  • Get to school - arribar a l'escola
  • Get tired - cansar-se
  • Invest in - invertir en

Climate Modification and Environmental Vocabulary

  • Chemicals - productes químics
  • Silver iodide - iodur de plata
  • Dry ice - neu carbònica
  • Cloud seeding - sembra de núvols
  • Food chain - cadena alimentària
  • To divert - desviar
  • Famine - fam
  • To destabilise - desestabilitzar
  • Weather warfare systems - sistemes de guerra climàtica
  • Parades - desfilades
  • Crops - cultius
  • Harmless - inofensiu
  • Controversial - polèmic / controvertit
  • To fear - témer
  • To spread - difondre / escampar
  • Soil - sòl / terra
  • To harm - fer mal
  • To flood - inundar

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