(the religion founded by Gautama or Buddha.) budism

- Buddhist

2. adjective

a Buddhist monk.) budist

Buddhist

noun (a believer in Buddhism.) budist

bubble

(a floating ball of air or gas: bubbles in lemonade.) bulă

(to form or rise in bubbles: The champagne bubbled in the glass.) a face bule

- bubbly

- bubble over

bubble over

(to be full (with happiness etc): bubbling over with excitement.) a deborda de

bubbly

adjective (having bubbles.) cu bule, care face bule

buccaneer

noun

(a type of pirate.) corsar

buck

(the male of the deer, hare, rabbit etc: a buck and a doe.) căprior, iepuroi; mascul

((of a horse or mule) to make a series of rapid jumps into the air.) a zvârli din copite

- buckskin

- buck up

- pass the buck

buck up

1) (to hurry: You'd better buck up if you want to catch the bus.) a (se) înviora

2) (to cheer up: She bucked up when she heard the news.)

bucket

noun

(a container for holding water, milk etc: We carried water in buckets to the burning house.) găleată

buckle

(a fastening for a strap or band: a belt with a silver buckle.) cataramă

1) (to fasten with a buckle: He buckled on his sword.) a prinde (într-o cataramă)

2) ((usually of something metal) to make or become bent or crushed: The metal buckled in the great heat.) a (se) îndoi

buckskin

noun, adjective ((of) a soft leather made of deerskin or sheepskin.) piele de căprioară

bud

(a shoot of a tree or plant, containing undeveloped leaves or flower(s) or both: Are there buds on the trees yet?; a rosebud.) mugur

(to begin to grow: The trees are budding.) a înmuguri

- budding

- in bud

buddies

plural; see buddy

budding

adjective (just beginning to develop: a budding poet.) în devenire

buddy

plural - buddies; noun

((especially American) a friend.) amic

budge

verb

(to (cause to) move, even slightly: I can't budge it; It won't budge!) a (se) clinti; a (se) mişca

budgerigar

(abbreviation budgie ['bа8i]) noun

(a type of small (originally Australian) brightly-coloured bird, often kept as a pet.) papagal

budget

(any plan showing how money is to be spent: my budget for the month.) buget

1) (to make a plan showing this: We must try to budget or we shall be in debt.) a planifica cheltuielile

2) ((with for) to allow for (something) in a budget: I hadn't budgeted for a new car.) a aloca (bani) din buget

budgie

see budgerigar

buff

(a dull yellow colour.) galben închis

a buff envelope.) galben închis

buffalo

plurals - buffalo, buffalo(e)s; noun

1) (a large kind of ox, especially the Asian and African varieties.) bivol

2) (the American variety of ox; the bison.) bizon

buffalo(e)s

plurals; see buffalo

buffer

noun

(an apparatus for lessening the force with which a moving object strikes something.) tampon; amortizor

buffet

noun

(a blow with the hand or fist: a buffet on the side of the head.) lovitură

1) (to strike with the fist.) a lovi (cu pumnul)

2) (to knock about: The boat was buffeted by the waves.) a clătina

1. ['bufei, ](American[) bə'fei]

noun

1) (a refreshment bar, especially in a railway station or on a train etc: We'll get some coffee at the buffet.) bufet

2) (a (usually cold) meal set out on tables from which people help themselves.) gustare rece

a buffet supper.) (gustare) rece

bug

1) (an insect that lives in dirty houses and beds: a bedbug.) ploşniţă

2) (an insect: There's a bug crawling up your arm.) insectă; gândac

3) (a germ or infection: a stomach bug.) microb

4) (a small hidden microphone.) microfon ascuns

1) (to place small hidden microphones in (a room etc): The spy's bedroom was bugged.) a instala microfoane ascunse

2) (to annoy: What's bugging him?) a deranja

buggies

plural; see buggy

buggy

plural - buggies; noun

(a light, open, one-horse vehicle.) trăsură cu un cal

bugle

['bju:ɡl]

noun

(a musical wind instrument usually made of brass, used chiefly for military signals: He plays the bugle.) corn (de vânătoare)

- bugler

bugler

noun cornist, gornist

build

[bild]

1. past tense, past participle - built; verb

(to form or construct from parts: build a house/railway/bookcase.)

(physical form: a man of heavy build.) conformaţie, structură

build up

1) (to increase (the size or extent of): The traffic begins to build up around five o'clock.) a creşte

2) (to strengthen gradually (a business, one's health, reputation etc): His father built up that grocery business from nothing.) a face/a realiza (treptat)

builder

noun (a person who builds houses etc: The builder who built our house has gone bankrupt.) constructor

building

noun

1) (the art or business of putting up (houses etc) (also adjective): a building contractor.) (de) construcţii

2) (anything built: The new supermarket is a very ugly building.) clădire, imobil, construcţie

building society

(a business firm that lends money for building or buying houses.)

built

[-t]

past tense, past participle; = build

built-in

adjective (forming a permanent part of the building etc: Built-in cupboards save space.) încorporat, zidit

built-up

adjective (covered with houses etc: a built-up area.) construit

bulb

noun

1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) bulb

2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) bec

3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) partea de jos a tubului unui termometru

adjective (like a bulb, especially in shape: a bulbous nose.) bulbos; borcănat

- bulbous

bulbous

bulbul

['bulbul]

noun

(a songbird of Asia or Africa.) bulbul

bulge

(a swelling: the bulge of her hips.) umflătură

(to swell out: His muscles bulged.) a se umfla

bulimia

[bju:ɡlimiə]

noun

(an eating disorder in which a person eats excessive amounts of food and then vomits in order not to gain weight.)

bulk

1) (the greater part: The bulk of his money was spent on food.) majoritate

2) ((great) size or mass: the bulk of a parcel; His huge bulk appeared round the corner.) masă, volum

(in bulk: bulk buying.) en gros

- bulky

- in bulk

bulkhead

noun

(a division between one part of a ship's interior and another.) perete etanş/despărţitor

bulky

adjective (large in size, awkward to carry etc: a bulky parcel; This is too bulky to send by post.) voluminos

bull

[bul]

noun

1) (the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc.) taur

2) (a bull's-eye.) ţintă

bull's-eye

noun (the centre of a target, especially in archery, darts etc.)

bulldoze

verb (to use a bulldozer on: They bulldozed the building site.) a curăţa cu buldozerul

bulldozer

['buldəuzə]

noun

(a (usually large) tractor for clearing obstacles and levelling ground.) buldozer

- bulldoze

bullet

['bulit]

noun

(a piece of metal etc fired from certain hand guns: He was killed by machine-gun bullets.) glonţ

- bulletproof

- bulletproof vest

bulletin

['bulətin]

noun

1) (an official (verbal) report of news: a bulletin about the Queen's illness.) comunicat

2) (a printed information-sheet: a monthly bulletin of local news.) buletin

bulletproof

(ajdective that can stop bullets from penetrating it.)

bulletproof vest

noun (a sleeveless jacket for protecting the body from bullets.)

bullfight

noun (in Spain etc a fight between a bull and men on horseback and on foot.) coridă

bullfighter

noun toreador

bullies

plural; see bully

bullion

['buliən]

noun

(gold or silver in bulk, not made into coins.) lingou

bullock

[-lək]

noun

1) (a young bull.) taur

2) (a castrated bull, an ox, often used to pull bullock carts.) bou

bullring

noun (the enclosed area where a bullfight takes place.) arenă de coridă

bullshit

['bulʃit]

noun, interjection

((also bull) (slang) nonsense; lies; exaggeration: That's bullshit!; Bullshit! Do you expect me to believe that?)

bully

['buli]

1. plural - bullies; noun

(a person who hurts or frightens other, weaker people: The fat boy was a bully at school.) tiran, dur

(to act like a bully towards.) a brutaliza

bulrush

noun

(a tall strong water plant.)

bulwark

['bulwək]

noun

(a wall built as a defence, often made of earth.) meterez

bum

I noun

(the buttocks.) dos

((especially American) a tramp or worthless person: He doesn't work - he's just a bum.) pierde-vară

(worthless: a bum job.) prost, mizerabil

bumble-bee

noun

(a kind of large bee with a hairy body.)

bump

(to knock or strike (something): She bumped into me; I bumped my head against the ceiling.) a (se) ciocni (de)

1) ((the sound of) a blow or knock: We heard a loud bump.) izbitură

2) (a swelling or raised part: a bump on the head; This road is full of bumps.) umflătură

(to meet (someone) by accident: I bumped into him in the street.) a da nas în nas cu

- bumper

3. adjective

(excellent in some way, especially by being large: a bumper crop.) excepţional

- bumpy

- bump into

- bump of

bump into

bump of

((slang) to murder someone.)

bumper

noun (a bar on a motor vehicle to lessen damage when it collides with anything.) bară de protecţie

bumpkin

noun

(a clumsy or stupid country person: a country bumpkin.) ţopârlan

bumptious

adjective

(full of one's own importance: a very bumptious young man.) plin de sine

bumpy

adjective (uneven: a bumpy road.) accidentat, cu hârtoape

bun

noun

(a kind of sweet cake: a currant bun.) chec

bunch

(a number of things fastened or growing together: a bunch of bananas.) mănunchi, legătură, ciorchine

((often with up or together) to come or put together in bunches, groups etc: Traffic often bunches on a motorway.) a (se) aglomera, a se strânge

bundle

(a number of things bound together: a bundle of rags.) maldăr, balot

1) ((often with up or together) to make into bundles: Bundle up all your things and bring them with you.) a împacheta

2) (to go, put or send (away) in a hurried or disorderly way: They bundled him out of the room.) a împinge (afară)

bung

(the stopper of the hole in a barrel, a small boat etc.) cep

1) (to block with such a stopper.) a pune cep

2) (to throw: Bung it over here.)

bungalow

noun

(a (usually small) house of one storey: They live in a small bungalow.) bungalou

bungle

verb

(to do (something) clumsily or badly: Someone has bungled.) a rasoli

bunk

noun

(a sleeping-berth in a ship's cabin.) cuşetă

bunker

noun

1) (a hollow containing sand on a golf course.) groapă cu nisip

2) (an underground shelter against bombs etc.) buncăr (antinuclear)

bunsen

- bunsen burner

- bunsen

bunsen {(}burner{)}

noun (a gas burner which produces a smokeless flame of great heating power: Several of the bunsens in the chemistry laboratory are out of order.) bec Bunsen

bunting

noun

(flags for use in celebrations.) steaguri

burden

['bə:dn]

1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) povară

2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) sarcină

(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) a împovăra (cu)

bureau

['bjuərəu]

plurals - bureaux; noun

1) (a writing-desk with drawers.) birou

2) ((American) a chest of drawers.) scrin, comodă

3) (an office for collecting and supplying information etc: a travel bureau.) birou, oficiu

bureaucracy

[bju'rokrəsi]

noun

1) (a system of government by officials working for a government.) birocraţie

2) (a country having such a government which uses such officials.) stat birocratic

(a person who enters a house etc illegally to steal: The burglar stole her jewellery.) spărgător

- bureaucratic

bureaucratic

adjective birocratic

bureaux

plurals; see bureau

burglar

['bə:ɡlə]

noun

- burglar alarm

- burglary

- burgle

burglar alarm

noun (an alarm against burglaries.)

burglaries

plural; see burglary

burglary

plural - burglaries; noun ((an act of) illegally entering a house etc to steal: He has been charged with burglary.) spargere

burgle

verb Our house has been burgled.) a sparge

burial

see bury

burly

['bə:li]

adjective

((of a person) big, strong and heavy: a big burly farmer.) robust, masiv

burn

[bə:n]

1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb

1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.)

2) (to use as fuel.)

3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.)

4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.)

(an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) arsură

- burner

burned

[-t]

past tense, past participles; = burn

burner

noun (any device producing a flame: I'll have to use a burner to get this paint off.) arzător; aprinzător

burnish

['bə:niʃ]

verb

(to make (metal) bright by polishing: They burnished the silver.) a şlefui

burnt

[-t]

past tense, past participles; = burn

burp

[bə:(r)p]

(to belch: Wait for the baby to burp and put her to bed.) a râgâi

(a belch.) râgâială

burrow

(a hole dug for shelter: a rabbit burrow.) vizuină

(to make holes underground or in a similar place for shelter etc; The mole burrows underground; He burrowed under the bedclothes.) a săpa; a se ascunde, a se piti

burst

past tense, past participle; see burst

burst open

(to open suddenly or violently: The door burst open and she rushed in.) a (se) deschide brusc

bury

['beri]

verb

1) (to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc.) a îngropa

2) (to hide (under the ground etc): My socks are buried somewhere in this drawer.) a ascunde

(to stop quarrelling: Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.) a îngropa securea războiului

- burial

- bury the hatchet

bury the hatchet

bus

(a large road vehicle for carrying passengers: He came by bus.) autobuz

(to carry by bus.) a transporta cu autobuzul

- bus stop

bus stop

(a place where buses stop to let passengers on or off.) staţie de autobuz

bush

[buʃ]

noun

1) (a growing thing between a tree and a plant in size: a rose bush.) tufiş

2) ((in Australia, Africa etc) wild uncultivated country.) regiune necultivată

adjective (thick and spreading: bushy eyebrows; a bushy tail.) stufos

- bushy

bushy

busily

adverb (în mod) activ/energic

business

['biznis]

noun

1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) afacere; meserie

2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) magazin; firmă

3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) treabă; afacere

businesslike

adjective (practical; alert and prompt: a businesslike approach to the problem; She is very businesslike.) precis; practic

businessman

feminine - businesswoman; noun (a person who makes a living from some form of trade or commerce, not from one of the professions.) om de afaceri

businesswoman

feminine; see businessman

bust

past participle; see bust II

bustle

((often with about) to busy oneself (often noisily or fussily): She bustled about doing things all day.) a se agita

(hurry, fuss or activity.) agitaţie

busy

['bizi]

1. adjective

1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) ocupat

2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) aglomerat

3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) ocupat

((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) a se ocupa (de)

- busily

but

1. conjunction

(used to show a contrast between two or more things: John was there, but Peter was not.) dar

2. preposition

(except (for): no-one but me; the next road but one.) în afară de

butcher

['bu ə]

(a person whose business is to kill cattle etc for food and/or sell their flesh.) măcelar

1) (to kill for food.) a tăia

2) (to kill cruelly: All the prisoners were butchered by the dictator.) a masacra

butt

I verb

(to strike (someone or something) with the head: He fell over when the goat butted him.) a lovi cu capul

- butt in

1. noun

(someone whom others criticize or tell jokes about: She's the butt of all his jokes.) cal de bătaie

2. noun

1) (the thick and heavy end (especially of a rifle).) pat de puşcă

2) (the end of a finished cigar, cigarette etc: His cigarette butt was the cause of the fire.) muc (de ţigară)

3) ((slang) a person's bottom: Come on, get off your butt - we have work to do.)

butt in

(to interrupt or interfere: Don't butt in while I'm speaking!) a se băga (în vorbă)

butter

(a fatty substance made from cream by churning.) unt

(to spread with butter: She buttered the bread.) a unge cu unt

butter up

(to flatter (someone) usually because one wants him to do something for one.) a linguşi

butterfingers

noun (a person who is likely to drop things which he or she is carrying.) neîndemânatic

butterflies

plural; see butterfly

butterfly

plural - butterflies; noun

(a type of insect with large (often coloured) wings.) fluture

butterscotch

[-sko ]

noun (a kind of hard toffee made with butter.) caramea

buttery

adjective a buttery knife.) cu unt; untos

buttock

noun

((usually in plural) either half of the part of the body on which one sits: She smacked the child on the buttocks.) fesă

button

1) (a knob or disc used as a fastening: I lost a button off my coat.) nasture

2) (a small knob pressed to operate something: This button turns the radio on.) buton

((often with up) to fasten by means of buttons.) a încheia

- buttonhole

3. verb

(to catch someone's attention and hold him in conversation: He buttonholed me and began telling me the story of his life.) a ţine de vorbă

buttonhole

noun (the hole or slit into which a button is put.) gaică, butonieră

buttress

noun

(a support built on to the outside of a wall.) contrafort

buxom

adjective

((of a woman) plump and usually attractive: a buxom blonde.) atrăgător; planturos

buy

present participle - buying; verb

(to get (something) by exchanging it for money: He has bought a car.) a cumpăra

buying

[bo:t]

present participle; = buy

buzz

1) ((of an insect) to make a noise by beating its wings eg when flying: The bees buzzed angrily.) a bâzâi

2) (to be filled with or make a similar noise: My ears are buzzing; The crowd was buzzing with excitement.) a ţiui; a urui