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It is the first “fall” day in Barcelona and, though it’s overcast, there’s a hint of relief in the cooler air. Late October feels like a perfect time to finally head indoors and explore traditional Catalan gastronomy in one of Aspasios´ fully outfitted kitchens. Starting at famous La Boqueria Market on La Rambla, I had a…
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All of the wonderfully eclectic details, that make up Lázaro Rosa-Violán‘s home in Barcelona, are to die for. Though the 4,000-square-foot, Art Nouveau style home was rather neglected when it was purchased by the interior designer, it was filled with…
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company: (F) empresa (empreses), job: (M) treball (treballs), bank: (M) banc (bancs), office: (F) oficina (oficines), meeting room: (F) sala de reunions (sales de reunions), employee: (M) empleat (empleats), employer: (M) empresari (empresaris), staff: (M) personal (personals), salary: (M) sou (sous), insurance: (F) assegurança (assegurances), marketing: (M) màrqueting (màrqueting), accounting: (F) comptabilitat (comptabilitats), tax: (M) impost (impostos), letter: (F) carta (cartes), envelope: (M) sobre (sobres), address: (F) adreça (adreces), zip code: (M) codi postal (codis postals), parcel: (M) paquet (paquets), fax: (M) fax (faxos), text message: (M) missatge de text (missatges de text), projector: (M) projector (projectors)
flip-flops: (F) xancletes (xancletes), high heels: (M) tacons alts (tacons alts), trainers: (F) sabatilles esportives (sabatilles esportives), sandals: (F) sandàlies (sandàlies), leather shoes: (F) sabates de pell (sabates de pell), slippers: (F) sabatilles (sabatilles), football boots: (F) botes de futbol (botes de futbol), hiking boots: (F) botes de muntanya (botes de muntanya), ballet shoes: (F) sabates de ballet (sabates de ballet), dancing shoes: (F) sabates de ball (sabates de ball), bra: (M) sostenidor (sostenidors), jogging bra: (M) sostenidor esportiu (sostenidors esportius), panties: (F) calces (calces), underpants: (M) calçotets (calçotets), undershirt: (F) samarreta (samarretes), sock: (M) mitjó (mitjons), pantyhose: (M) panti (pantis), pyjamas: (M) pijama (pijames), T-shirt: (F) samarreta (samarretes), shorts: (M) pantalons curts (pantalons curts), trousers: (M) pantalons (pantalons)
Get your hands on the Catalan Conjugation Chart PDF, a must-have resource to master essential Catalan tenses and advance your speaking skills.
heavy: pesat (pesada, pesats, pesades), light: lleuger (lleugera, lleugers, lleugeres), correct: correcte (correcta, correctes, correctes), wrong: incorrecte (incorrecta, incorrectes, incorrectes), difficult: difícil (difícil, difícils, difícils), easy: fàcil (fàcil, fàcils, fàcils), few: pocs (poques), many: molts (moltes), new: nou (nova, nous, noves), old: vell (vella, vells, velles), slow: lent (lenta, lents, lentes), quick: ràpid (ràpida, ràpids, ràpides), poor: pobre (pobra, pobres, pobres), rich: ric (rica, rics, riques), white: blanc (blancs), black: negre (negres), grey: gris (grisos), green: verd (verds), blue: blau (blaus), red: vermell (vermells), pink: rosa (roses)
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0: zero, 1: un, 2: dos, 3: tres, 4: quatre, 5: cinc, 6: sis, 7: set, 8: vuit, 9: nou, 10: deu, 11: onze, 12: dotze, 13: tretze, 14: catorze, 15: quinze, 16: setze, 17: disset, 18: divuit, 19: dinou, 20: vint
to open: obrir (obro, obert), to close: tancar (tanco, tancat), to sit: seure (sec, segut), to stand: mantenir (mantinc, mantingut), to know: saber (sé, sabut), to think: pensar (penso, pensat), to win: guanyar (guanyo, guanyat), to lose: perdre (perdo, perdut), to ask: preguntar (pregunto, preguntat), to answer: respondre (responc, respost), to help: ajudar (ajudo, ajudat), to like: agradar (agrado, agradat), to kiss: petonejar (petonejo, petonejat), to eat: menjar (menjo, menjat), to drink: beure (bec, begut), to take: agafar (agafo, agafat), to put: posar (poso, posat), to find: trobar (trobo, trobat), to steal: robar (robo, robat), to kill: matar (mato, matat), to fly: volar (volo, volat)
Catalan lamb skewers are made with lamb marinated in garlic, cumin, and paprika, and served with red pepper sauce and yogurt-cucumber salad.
