wall

Pronúncia: wɔːl
    noun
  1. [of building] paret, mur.
  2. [of city] mur, muralla.
  3. partition wall envà, tempanell, paredó, cloenda.
  4. [of garden] closa, tanca, sardinell.
  5. Anatomy paret.
  6. main wall paret mestra.
  7. party wall paret mitgera.
  8. dry-stone wall paret seca.
  9. blank wall pany de pareet.
  10. (idem) figurative barrera infranquejable.
  11. to come up against a blank wall topar contra una paret.
  12. it drives me up the wall figurative em fa tornar ximple, em fa tornar boig.
  13. you might as well talk to a brick wall figurative és com parlar amb un sord.
  14. walls have ears figurative les parets tenen orelles.
  15. with one’s back to the wall figurative entre l’espasa i la paret.
  16. high tariff walls figurative altes barreres duaneres.
    17. attributive
  17. de paret, mural.
  18. aparedat.
    19. transitive verb
  19. to wall (in) aparedar, emparedar, encerclar, tapiar, tancar.
  20. [city, etc.] emmurallar.
  21. [garden] tancar, tapiar.
  22. to wall up [person] emparedar, aparedar.
  23. (idem) [opening] tapar, tancar.
  24. (idem) pujar un envà a.