NOM | state | pesta, pestis, plaga | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal |
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cognition | pesta, ferum, foetor, fortor, mala olor, pestilència, pudor | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | |
event | pesta, epidèmia | a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease | |
person | pesta, borinot, corcó, plaga | a persistently annoying person |
Sentit | A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. | |
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Sinònims | pestis, plaga | |
Específic | pesta bubònica | The most common form of the plague in humans |
pesta pneumònica | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person | |
pesta septicèmica | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream | |
Anglès | plague, pestilence, pest, pestis | |
Espanyol | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga |
Sentit | A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. | |
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Sinònims | ferum, foetor, fortor, mala olor, pestilència, pudor | |
Específic | bravada, fetor, tuf | An unpleasant smell |
General | aroma, olor, percepció olfativa | The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form |
Anglès | malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis | |
Espanyol | fetidez, fetor, foetor, hediondez, hedor, pebete, pestazo, peste, pestilencia, tufo | |
Verbs | empestar, fer podor, pudir | Smell badly and offensively |
Sentit | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time. | |
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Sinònim | epidèmia | |
Específic | pandèmia | An epidemic that is geographically widespread |
General | brot, erupció, esclat | A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) |
Anglès | epidemic | |
Espanyol | epidemia, epidemias, peste |
Sentit | A persistently annoying person. | |
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Sinònims | borinot, corcó, plaga | |
General | turmentador | someone who torments |
Anglès | pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly | |
Espanyol | lapa, machacón, moscardón, moscón, pelma, pesada, pesado, peste, plaga, quiltro | |
Verbs | assetjar, atabuixar, burlar, cansar, empaitar, esgotar, fastiguejar, fatigar, molestar | annoy persistently |
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