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Everyday life and routine in Catalan

14 words in Catalan on the topic “everyday life and routine”: el treball — work, treballar — to work, despertar-se — to wake up, aixecar-se — to get up. 14 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

14 words on the topic

  • el treball
    work
    The double ll is one fused ly sound: truh-BAL. Work as the place, and tinc treball — I'm busy
  • treballar
    to work
    To work on something is treballar en; to work as something is treballar de
  • despertar-se
    to wake up
    Reflexive: to wake oneself — em desperto. El despertador — the alarm clock: the same family
  • aixecar-se
    to get up
    Reflexive, Latin 'to lift upward': to lift oneself — m'aixeco. About prices rising, the same verb without -se
  • rentar-se
    to wash up
    Reflexive: to wash oneself — em rento. Without -se the same verb washes the dishes: rentar els plats
  • pentinar-se
    to comb one's hair
    A reflexive verb: «em pentino» — I comb my hair. A hairstyle is «el pentinat»
  • afaitar-se
    to shave
    Reflexive: s'afaita al bany — he shaves in the bathroom. Stress the last a
  • vestir-se
    to get dressed
    Reflexive: to dress oneself. Em vesteixo — I get dressed: mind the -ixo, as in començo
  • despullar-se
    to get undressed
    A reflexive verb: you undress yourself. Naked is «despullat». «Es despulla abans del bany» — undresses before bathing
  • seure
    to sit down
    To sit down and to sit are one word: seure. Seu aquí — sit here: the verb is both the pose and the motion
  • ficar-se al llit
    to go to bed
    Literally 'to get oneself into the bed': no ceremony. El llit — the bed: a word of its own
  • jeure
    to lie (resting)
    Literally 'to lie': rest here is lying — el gat jeu al sol. Descansar is resting in general: the pose is what divides them
  • dormir
    to sleep
    Doors without an i at the end: dormo, dorms, dorm. L'avi dorm la migdiada — grandpa takes his after-lunch nap
  • abrigar
    to keep warm
    A coat is «l'abric», from the same root. What covers you warms you: a blanket, a jumper, a fire

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el treball — work. The double ll is one fused ly sound: truh-BAL. Work as the place, and tinc treball — I'm busy.

treballar — to work. To work on something is treballar en; to work as something is treballar de.

despertar-se — to wake up. Reflexive: to wake oneself — em desperto. El despertador — the alarm clock: the same family.

aixecar-se — to get up. Reflexive, Latin 'to lift upward': to lift oneself — m'aixeco. About prices rising, the same verb without -se.

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Work, home, rest, errands. The words the answer to “how are things?” is made of.

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How do you say “work” in Catalan?

«el treball». The double ll is one fused ly sound: truh-BAL. Work as the place, and tinc treball — I'm busy. It is one of 14 words in the set “everyday life and routine” — the rest are in the table above.

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