English-Catalan Vocabulary

Posted on May 13, 2024 in Medicine & Health

Verb Tenses

stays – stayed

is staying – was staying

stayed – had stayed

has/had stayed

was staying – had been staying

has/had been staying

will stay – would stay

can – could may – might

= should will – would

must/have to – must/had to

Time Expressions

now – then today – that day

tonight – that night here – there

yesterday/last week/a month ago

the previous …/the … before

tomorrow/next week

the following…/the… after

this – that these – those

Grammatical Structures

Orders

v – to/not to v

Questions

have – if/whether

Suggestions

that v/v-ing

Reporting Verbs

promise, deny, admit – that+…

Passive Voice

sing – is sung

is singing – is being sung

signed – was sung

was signing – was being sung

has signed – has been sung

had signed – had been sung

will sing – will be sung

should sing – should be sung

must have signed

must have been sung

has to sing – has to be singing

is going to sing –

is going to be sung

Other Grammar Points

Two objects: Pass them (-subject)

send/tell/give/show/sell/pay

Introductory verbs: Opinion, thought, belief

Subject/It + be (is) + past participle (said)

say/think/believe/consider

Causative Verbs

have/get + something + Ved

To have something cleaned

Phrasal Verbs

pick up + subject

pick + subject + up

talk back/over/down to

fit in/put on/break up/take off

Verbs + Prepositions

arrive at/in talk about/with/to

think about/of

Nouns

advert – anunci

advertising – publicitat

atmosphere – ambient

award – premi

bill – factura

budget – pressupost

consumer – consumidor

customer – client

flop – fracàs

gossip column –

columna cotilleo

contestant

expense – despesa

exposure – expo

income – ingresos

interval – interval

lighting – il·luminació

review – revisió

role model

judge – jutjar

marketplace – mercat

network – xarxa

profit – beneficis

trend – tendència

trendsetter –

creador tendència

venue – lloc

Verbs

boo – abuchear

conceal – dissimular

cheer – alegrar

charge – carregar

clap – aplaudir

decrease – disminuir

encourage – animar

improve – millorar

owe – deure

launch – llançament

loathe – detestar

rehearse – assajar

prevent – prevenir

purchase – compra

skip – saltar

worship – adorar

Adjectives

appealing – atractiu

childish – infantil

controversial – polèmic

disgraceful – vergonyós

disturbing – inquietant

gifted – dotat

eye-catching – llamatiu

intriguing – intrigant

major – important

moving – en moviment

misleading – enganyós

notorious – cèlebre

outrageous – escandalós

odd – rar

packed – plena

prestigious – prestigiós

powerful – poderós

spoiled – consentit

stunning – sorprenent

stimulating – estimulant

stylish – elegant

unfair – injust

willing – disposat

wealthy – benestant

weird – estrany

Adverbs

onstage – en el escenari

overnight – durant la nit

Expressions

appeals to – apela a

be around – estar a prop

catchy phrase –

frase enganxosa

cut back on – retallar

for years to come –

en els anys que vindran

front-row seat –

seient a primera fila

go wild – tornar-se boig

get by – arreglar-se-les

grab your attention –

cridar la teva atenció

huge hit – gran èxit

in the spotlight –

en el punt de mira

infatuated with –

enamorat de

instead of – en comptes de

lucky break – cop de sort

lose business – perdre negoci

make a comeback –

fer una reaparició

make it – aconseguir-ho

make payments – fer pagaments

over the top – excessiu

sell out – exhaurir

team up with –

formar equip amb