Català > retocar: 3 sentits > verb 1, change| Sentit | Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. |
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| Sinònims | alterar, canviar, modificar, transformar, variar |
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| Causa de | alterar, canviar, transformar, variar | Undergo a change |
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| Específic | abaixar el to, fer greu | lower the pitch of (musical notes) |
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| abillar, adornar, decorar, embellir, ornar | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
| ablanir, afluixar, debilitar, estovar, extenuar-se, flaquejar, perdre forces, reblanir | lessen the strength of |
| ablanir, amorosir, assuavir, entendrir, estovar, reblanir, suavitzar, temperar | make soft or softer |
| abocar, buidar-se, buidar, desallotjar, descarregar, desguassar, evacuar, vessar-se, vessar | make void or empty of contents |
| abrillantar, avivar, clarejar, enllustrar | make lighter or brighter / brighter |
| acabar, finalitzar, rescindir, terminar | Bring to an end or halt |
| accelerar, afanyar-se | Cause to move faster |
| accionar, activar | make active or more active |
| acetificar | introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) |
| aclarir, clarificar, dilucidar | make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating |
| aclarir, clarificar, descongestionar, desobstruir, eixarmar, eixermar, esbardissar, retirar | make clear, bright / bright, light, or translucent |
| acolorar, acolorir, colorar, colorir, pintar | add color to |
| acolorar, acolorir-se, acolorir | take on color or become colored |
| acostumar, habituar, soler | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| acromatitzar | Remove color from |
| acréixer, augmentar, elevar, incrementar | make bigger or more |
| activar | make more adsorptive |
| activar | make (substances) radioactive |
| adormir, endormiscar | make fall asleep |
| adreçar, aixecar, alçar, dreçar, redreçar | make straight |
| adulterar, contaminar | make radioactive by adding radioactive material |
| afectar | act physically on |
| afectar, commoure, impactar, repercutir | Have an effect upon |
| afilar, afuar, aguditzar, agusar, esmolar | make sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp or sharper / sharper / sharper / sharper |
| afluixar, deixar anar, desfermar, deslligar, soltar | make loose or looser |
| agitar | Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking |
| agrejar, amargar | make sour or bitter |
| agreujar-se, agreujar, aguditzar-se, empitjorar, endanyar, endenyar, engrevir, exacerbar, exasperar | make worse |
| aguditzar | Raise the pitch of (musical notes) |
| aigualir | make vapid or deprive of spirit |
| airejar, ventilar | aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter |
| ajuntar-se, ajuntar, associar-se, associar, cohesionar, combinar, congregar, fusionar, reunir, unificar-se, unificar, unir-se, unir | join or combine |
| ajustar, corregir, posar bé | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| ajustar, estirar, fer força, tibar | make tight / tight or tighter / tighter |
| alcalinitzar | make (a substance) alkaline |
| alcoholitzar | make alcoholic, as by fermenting |
| alienar | Arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| alterar, transformar | make an alteration to |
| al·legoritzar | make into an allegory |
| amalgamar, barrejar-se, barrejar, cohesionar, fusionar, mesclar-se, mesclar, mixturar, reunir, unificar-se, unificar, unir-se | To bring or combine together or with something else |
| amansar, amansir, contenir, domar, dominar, sotmetre | Overcome the wildness of |
| americanitzar | make American in character |
| amortir | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
| ampliar-se, ampliar, eixamplar-se, eixamplar | make wider |
| animar | Give lifelike qualities to |
| anivellar, compensar-se, igualar | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching |
| anivellar, igualar | Become even / even / even / even / even or more even / even / even / even / even |
| anul·lar, invalidar | take away the legal force of or render ineffective |
| apoquir, humiliar | Cause to be unpretentious |
| aportar, contribuir, donar | bestow a quality on |
| aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| aprimar | make slender or appear to be slender |
| aquietar, asserenar, assossegar, calmar | Cause to become sober |
| arcaïtzar | Give an archaic appearance of character to |
| arrodonir | Express as a round number |
| arterialitzar | change venous blood into arterial blood |
| assecar, eixugar, secar | Remove the moisture from and make dry |
| assimilar | make similar |
| automatitzar | make automatic or control or operate automatically |
| avariar, danyar, trencar | inflict damage / damage upon |
| aïllar, isolar | protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material |
| barbaritzar-se | make crude or savage in behavior or speech |
| bestialitzar | make brutal and depraved |
| bullir, coure | Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point |
| calcificar-se, calcificar | convert into lime |
| caldejar, calentar, calfar, escalfar | make hot or hotter |
| caldejar-se, caldejar, calfar, escalfar-se, escalfar, rescalfar-se, rescalfar, temperar-se, temperar | make warm or warmer |
| canviar, transferir | make a shift in or exchange of |
| canviar el sabor | Alter the flavor of |
| canviar la intensitat | increase / increase or decrease in intensity |
| capacitar, habilitar | Render capable or able for some task |
| carregar | Fill or load to capacity |
| causar, produir, provocar | Cause to come into a particular state or condition |
| cegar | make blind by putting the eyes out |
| centralitzar, concentrar, reunir en un centre | make central |
| civilitzar, desenvolupar, modernitzar | Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state |
| coagular, cossar, densificar-se, densificar, engreixar, engrossir, espesseir-se, espesseir, espessir, quallar-se, quallar | make thick or thicker |
| codificar, xifrar | make unintelligible |
| col·locar, posar, situar | Cause to be in a certain state |
| comercialitzar | make commercial |
| commutar, convertir, transformar | Exchange a penalty for a less severe one |
| compensar, corregir, redreçar | make reparations or amends for |
| complicar | make more complicated |
| complicar, elaborar, refinar | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
| concordar, congeniar, harmonitzar | Bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing |
| confitar, edulcorar, endolcir-se, endolcir, ensucrar | make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable / agreeable |
| confondre, desdibuixar | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred |
| conformar | Give character or essence to |
| congelar-se, congelar, gelar-se, gelar, glaçar-se, glaçar | Cause to freeze / freeze |
| congelar-se, congelar, refredar-se, refredar | make cool or cooler |
| consolidar, enfortir, reforçar | make strong or stronger |
| constituir, donar forma, forjar, formar | Give shape or form to |
| contenir, refrenar | Slow the growth or development of |
| convertir, tornar | Give certain properties to something |
| convertir, transformar | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
| convertir, transformar | change from one form into another |
| convertir, transformar | Cause to adopt a new or different faith |
| convertir, transformar | change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy |
| convertir, transformar-se, transformar, transmutar | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
| copar, emplenar, omplir | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| corrompre, pervertir | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| decentralitzar, descentralitzar-se, descentralitzar | make less central |
| decrepitar | To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops |
| decréixer, disminuir, reduir | make smaller |
| deformar | make formless |
| democratitzar | introduce democratic reforms |
| derrocar, rompre, trencar | make ineffective |
| desaccelerar, descelerar | Reduce the speed of |
| desactivar | make inactive |
| desafinar | Cause to be out of tune |
| desajustar, desqualificar, incapacitar, inhabilitar | make unfit or unsuitable |
| descodificar, desxifrar | make intelligible |
| descolorar, descolorir | Cause to lose or change color |
| descongestionar, desobstruir, enretirar, netejar, recollir, retirar | Rid of obstructions |
| desdibuixar-se, desdibuixar, difuminar, entelar-se, velar-se | make dim or indistinct |
| desdibuixar-se, desdibuixar, difuminar-se, difuminar, entelar-se, entelar | To make less distinct / distinct or clear |
| desentelar | Free from mist |
| desenvolupar-se, desenvolupar, elaborar | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development |
| desestabilitzar-se, desestabilitzar | make unstable / unstable |
| deshidrogenar | Remove hydrogen from |
| desimantar, desmagnetitzar | make nonmagnetic |
| desintegrar | Cause to undergo fission or lose particles |
| deslluir, enfosquir | make dingy / dingy |
| deslluir, esmussar | make dull in appearance |
| desmitificar | Remove the mythical element from (writings) |
| desnacionalitzar, privatitzar | put under private control or ownership |
| desnaturalitzar | make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes |
| desnaturalitzar | modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished |
| desnaturalitzar | add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb |
| desnaturalitzar | strip of the rights and duties of citizenship |
| desnaturalitzar | make less natural or unnatural |
| desodorar, desodoritzar | Eliminate the odor from |
| desordenar | Bring disorder to |
| despersonalitzar | make impersonal or present as an object |
| despertar-se, despertar | Cause to become awake or conscious |
| despuntar, esmussar-se, esmussar, espuntar, romejar | make less sharp / sharp / sharp |
| despuntar, esmussar-se, esmussar, espuntar, romejar | make dull or blunt |
| desvalorar, devaluar | lower the value or quality of |
| dinamitzar | make (a drug) effective |
| dinamitzar | make more dynamic |
| dissimilar | make dissimilar / dissimilar |
| diversificar-se, diversificar | make (more) diverse |
| editar, redactar, tallar | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
| elaborar, revelar | make visible by means of chemical solutions |
| elevar | Raise in rank or condition |
| embrunir-se, enfosquir-se, obscurir-se | make dark or darker |
| embrutar-se, embrutar, embrutir, empastifar, emporcar-se, enllardar-se, ensutzar, pastifejar, sollar, tacar | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| emmetzinar, enverinar, intoxicar | add poison to |
| emulsionar | Cause to become an emulsion |
| encallir-se, encartonar-se, endurir-se, endurir, enfortir-se, engarrotar-se, enravenar | make stiff or stiffer |
| encebar-se, encebar, engreixar-se, engreixar, saginar | make fat or plump |
| endimoniar | make into a demon |
| endimoniar | Turn into a devil or make devilish |
| endurir | make harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh / harsh or harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher / harsher |
| enfangar, enllotar, enterbolir | make turbid |
| enfosquir, fosquejar, obscurir | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
| enlletgir | make ugly |
| entendrir | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer |
| envellir-se, envellir, revellir-se, revellir | make older |
| erotitzar | Give erotic character to or make more interesting |
| esquematitzar | Give conventional form to |
| estabilitzar-se, estabilitzar | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium |
| esterilitzar | To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to |
| estirar, tensar, tesar, tibar | increase the tension on |
| etiolar-se | bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight |
| europeïtzar | make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas |
| europeïtzar | denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations |
| evaporar | Cause to change into a vapor |
| exterioritzar | make external or objective, or give reality to |
| fecundar, fertilitzar | make fertile or productive |
| francesitzar | make French in appearance or character |
| glorificar | bestow glory upon |
| hidrogenar | combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen |
| humitejar, mullar, remullar | Cause to become wet |
| imantar, magnetitzar | make magnetic |
| immaterialitzar | Render immaterial or incorporeal |
| immortalitzar | make famous forever |
| incapacitar | make unable to perform a certain action |
| incitar, portar | Bring or lead someone to a certain action / action or condition |
| indisposar | Cause to feel unwell |
| individualitzar, personalitzar | make personal or more personal |
| industrialitzar, urbanitzar | make more industrial or city-like |
| inseminar | introduce semen into (a female) |
| insensibilitzar | make insensitive |
| intercanviar, transposar | Cause to change places |
| internacionalitzar | make international in character |
| invertir | Turn inside out or upside down |
| invertir | make an inversion (in a musical composition) |
| iodat | Cause to combine with iodine |
| ionitzar | add ions to |
| laïcitzar | Reduce to lay status |
| liberalitzar | make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules |
| liquar, liquidar | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating |
| lubricar, lubrificar | make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant |
| madurar | Cause to ripen or develop fully |
| marcar, senyalar | make or leave a mark on |
| marejar | make dizzy or giddy |
| matisar | Vary slightly |
| mecanitzar | make mechanical |
| mecanitzar | make monotonous |
| millorar | To make better |
| mitificar | make into a myth |
| moderar, temperar | restrain |
| moderar | make less strong or intense |
| modificar, mudar | Move from one setting or context to another |
| nacionalitzar | put under state control or ownership |
| naturalitzar | make into a citizen |
| naturalitzar | make more natural or lifelike |
| netejar | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from |
| neutralitzar-se, neutralitzar | make chemically neutral |
| normalitzar | make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard |
| occidentalitzar | make western in character |
| orientalitzar | make oriental in character |
| oxidar-se, oxidar | add oxygen to or combine with oxygen |
| oxigenar | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part |
| polaritzar | Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| polititzar | Give a political character to |
| portar | Bring into a different state |
| pressionar, sobrecarregar | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid / liquid |
| professionalitzar | make professional or give a professional character to |
| purificar, santificar | make pure or free from sin or guilt |
| reconstruir | Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically |
| reconstruir, refer, remodelar | Do over, as of (part of) a house |
| reemplaçar, substituir, suplir | put in the place of another |
| reformar, regenerar | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one |
| refrescar | make fresh again |
| rehabilitar, restablir, restaurar, restituir | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position |
| revolucionar | change radically |
| saturar | Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance |
| sensibilitzar | make sensitive or aware |
| simetritzar | make symmetric |
| simplificar | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
| socialitzar | make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies |
| solubilitzar | Cause a solvation in (a substance) |
| subtilitzar | make more subtle or refined |
| suspendre | Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid |
| suspendre | make inoperative or stop |
| tacar, tenyir | produce or leave stains |
| traduir, transformar | change from one form or medium into another |
| transformar | subject to a mathematical transformation |
| transitivitzar | make transitive |
| transmutar | Alter the nature of (elements) |
| transportar | change key |
| uniformar | make uniform / uniform / uniform / uniform |
| unir | Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation |
| validar | make valid or confirm the validity of |
| vitrificar-se, vitrificar | change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat |
| volatilitzar-se | make volatile |
| Anglès | change, alter, modify |
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| Espanyol | alterar, cambiar, modificar, mudar, retocar, transformar, variar |
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| Adjectius | alterable | capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic |
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| modificable | capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme / extreme) |
| Noms | alteració, modificació | The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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| alteració, canvi, modificació, variació | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| alteració, canvi, modificació, variació | A relational difference between states |
| canvi | The action of changing something |
