cel

Pronúncia: sɛ́l
    masculí
  1. sky.
  2. astronomia sky, heaven, heavens pl.
  3. un cel ple de núvols a mackerel sky.
  4. cel (emboirat \ embromat \ núvol) overcast sky.
  5. cel rogent red sky.
  6. cel rogent, pluja o vent a red sky in the morning is the shepherd’s warning.
  7. la volta del cel the firmament.
  8. a cel obert in the open air, out of doors.
  9. mina a cel obert opencast mine.
  10. color blau cel sky-blue.
  11. posar algú fins al cel to praise someone to the skies.
  12. voler tocar el cel amb la mà to be asking for the impossible, be overoptimistic.
  13. els cels de Turner art Turner’s skies.
  14. religió heaven.
  15. Pare nostre que esteu en el cel our Father who art in Heaven.
  16. això clama al cel! this cries out to heaven! (to be reformed), etc.
  17. pujar al cel to go to heaven.
  18. anar-se’n al cel figuradament [una empresa, una societat] to be dissolved, go into liquidation.
  19. baixar del cel to come as a godsend.
  20. (ésser \ estar) al cel to be (entranced \ enraptured).
  21. guanyar-se (el cel \ la glòria del cel) to win salvation.
  22. veure el cel obert to see one’s way out of a difficulty.
  23. remoure cel i terra figuradament to move heaven and earth.
  24. cel ras arquitectura ceiling.
  25. cel de la boca roof.
  26. cel d’un llit canopy.