Event and Performance Vocabulary: English–Catalan Terms

Event & Performance Vocabulary

• Atmosphere: Ambient
• Award: Premi
• Costume: Vestit
• Flop: Fracàs
• Gossip column: Columna d'un diari de cotilleo
• Interval: Pausa
• Lighting: Il·luminació
• Review: Crítica
• Role model: Model a seguir
• Trendsetter: El que marca tendència
• Venue: Lloc de trobada
• Boo: Buu...
• Cheer: Animar
• Clap: Aplaudir
• Encourage: Animar
• Launch: Llençar
• Loathe: Odiar
• Rehearse: Assajar
• Worship: Adorar
• Controversial: Polèmic
• Disgraceful: Vergonyós
• Gifted: Habilitat
• Moving: Emocionant
• Notorious: Conegut
• Outrageous: Indignant
• Packed: Ple
• Prestigious: Prestigiós
• Spoilt: Deteriorat
• Stunning: Meravellós
• Wealthy: Ric
• Weird: Estrany
• Onstage: En escena
• Overnight: De la nit al dia
• Appeals to: Fer una crida
• Be around: Estar al voltant
• For years to come: Pels pròxims anys
• Front-row seat: Seient de la primera fila
• Go wild: Disfrutar; fer bogeries
• Huge hit: Enorme èxit
• In the spotlight: En el punt de mira
• Infatuated with: Enamorat de
• Lucky break: Cop de sort
• Make a comeback: Fer una reaparició
• Make it: Tenir èxit
• Sell out: Esgotat
• Team up with: Col·laborar amb
• Break up: Trencar, acabar
• Call off: Suspendre
• Come back down on: Pegar la bronca
• Fit in: Acomodar-se a un lloc
• Keep at: Perseverar
• Live up to: Satisfer l'expectativa que tenia algú
• Look up to: Admirar
• Put on: Posar-se
• Show off: Presumir
• Stand out: Destacar
• Stand up for: Defensar alguna cosa
• Take off: Enlairar-se i treure's

Passive Forms and Signing

Active → Passive examples for "sign" and related forms:

• Signs → are / sign / are signed
• Is signing → is being signed
• Was signing → were being signed
• Signed → were signed
• Has signed → have been signed
• Had signed → had been signed
• Will sign → will be signed
• Should sign → should be signed
• Must have signed → must have been signed
• Has to sign → has to be signed
• Is going to sign → is going to be signed

Verb Tenses (English & Catalan)

• Present Perfect Continuous: he estat fent / have been –ing
• Past Perfect Continuous: havia estat fent / had been –ing
• Present Perfect Simple: acció passada però que continua al present / have + -ed (3a forma)
• Past Perfect Simple: Jo havia fet això / had + -ed (3a forma)
• Future (Perfect): will have –ed
• Past Simple: -ed per a accions fetes al passat

Pistes (Usage Hints)

• Yesterday: was/were + -ed
• Already: have been + -ed
• Before: had been + -ed
• While: was being + -ed
• Still: is being + -ed
• Ago: past forms (e.g., were ...)
• Since: has/have + past participle (has added / has been ...)
• Last: was written
• Every: present tense

Nota: Aquest document corregeix ortografia i puntuació, i reorganitza el contingut amb encapçalaments i llistes per a una lectura i indexació més eficients. S'han mantingut tots els termes i exemples originals amb correccions mínimes per clarificar significats i formes gramaticals.