noun
1. [on face] piga postissa.
2. [in country] lloc pintoresc.

noun Zoology castor.

transitive verb
1. encalmar.
2. Nautical arrecerar.
3. to be becalmed estar encalmat, encalmar-se.

preterite of become.

conjunction
1. perquè.
2. if I said so it was because it had to be said si ho vaig dir és perquè calia que ho digués.
3. because he has two cars he thinks he's somebody com que té dos cotxes es pensa que és un gran personatge.
preposition
4. because of a causa de.
5. (idem) per culpa de.

noun to be at the beck and call of estar a la disposició de, estar a la mercè de, estar sotmès a la voluntat de.


Vegeu també:
beck²

noun provincial rierol.


Vegeu també:
beck¹

transitive verb
1. cridar fent signes, fer signes a.
2. to beckon someone in fer signes a algú perquè entri.
intransitive verb
3. to beckon to fer signes a, cridar fent signes.

transitive verb
1. anar bé a, convenir a.
2. ésser digne de.
3. this hat does not become him aquest barret no li va bé.
4. that thought does not become you aquest pensament és indigne de tu.
intransitive verb
[followed by adjective]
5. tornar-se, posar-se, esdevenir.
6. [by effort] fer-se.
7. this is becoming difficult això comença a ser difícil.
8. to become rich fer-se ric.
9. to become mad tornar-se boig.
10. to become red envermellir, enrogir, tornar-se vermell.
11. to become yellow engroguir, engroguir-se, tornar-se groc.
12. to become fat engreixar-se, fer-se gras.
13. to become ill emmalaltir, caure malalt.
14. to become angry enfadar-se.
15. to become blind quedar-se cec.
16. (idem) [not suddenly] tornar-se cec.
17. to become accustomed to acostumar-se a.
18. it became known that... es va arribar a saber que...
19. we became very worried ens vam començar a preocupar molt.
20. he became famous es va fer famós.

[followed by noun]
21. fer-se, arribar a ser.
22. [of things] convertir-se en, transformar-se en.
23. to become a soldier fer-se soldat.
24. he became a famous man es va convertir en un home famós.
25. he became king in 1975 va ser rei el 1975.
26. to become professor arribar a (ser) catedràtic.
27. to become a father ser pare.
28. the cinema has become a theatre el cine ha passat a ser un teatre.

[others]
29. what has become of him? què se n'ha fet (d'ell)?
30. what will become of me? que serà de mi?
31. what can have become of that book? què se'n pot haver fet, d'aquest llibre?
32. she became thirty va fer trenta anys.
33. when he becomes eighteen quan tingui divuit anys.

adjective
1. [clothes] afavoridor, que fa per.
2. [action] convenient, decorós.