The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Catalan language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Catalan (català) |
| I | jo |
| you (singular) | tu |
| he | ell |
| we | nosaltres |
| you (plural) | vosaltres |
| they | ells |
| this | aquest, aqueix |
| that | aquell |
| here | ací, aquí |
| there | allà, allí |
| who | qui |
| what | què, quin |
| where | on |
| when | quan |
| how | com |
| not | no |
| all | tots |
| many | molts |
| some | algun |
| few | pocs |
| other | altre |
| one | un |
| two | dos, dues |
| three | tres |
| four | quatre |
| five | cinc |
| big | gran, gros |
| long | llarg |
| wide | ample |
| thick | gruixut |
| heavy | pesat |
| small | petit, menut, xic |
| short | curt |
| narrow | estret |
| thin | prim |
| woman | dona |
| man (adult male) | home |
| man (human being) | persona |
| child | nen |
| wife | muller |
| husband | marit |
| mother | mare |
| father | pare |
| animal | animal |
| fish | peix |
| bird | ocell, pardal |
| dog | gos |
| louse | poll |
| snake | serp |
| worm | cuc |
| tree | arbre |
| forest | bosc |
| stick | bastó, pal |
| fruit | fruit, fruita |
| seed | llavor |
| leaf | fulla |
| root | arrel |
| bark (of a tree) | escorça |
| flower | flor |
| grass | herba |
| rope | corda |
| skin | pell |
| meat | carn |
| blood | sang |
| bone | os |
| fat (noun) | gras, gros |
| egg | ou |
| horn | banya |
| tail | cua |
| feather | ploma |
| hair | pèl, cabell |
| head | cap |
| ear | orella |
| eye | ull |
| nose | nas |
| mouth | boca |
| tooth | dent |
| tongue (organ) | llengua |
| fingernail | ungla |
| foot | peu |
| leg | cama |
| knee | genoll |
| hand | mà |
| wing | ala |
| belly | panxa |
| guts | budells |
| neck | coll |
| back | esquena |
| breast | pit |
| heart | cor |
| liver | fetge |
| to drink | beure |
| to eat | menjar |
| to bite | mossegar |
| to suck | xuclar, llepar, xarrupar |
| to spit | escopir |
| to vomit | vomitar |
| to blow | bufar |
| to breathe | respirar |
| to laugh | riure |
| to see | veure |
| to hear | sentir |
| to know | saber |
| to think | pensar |
| to smell | olorar |
| to fear | témer |
| to sleep | dormir |
| to live | viure |
| to die | morir |
| to kill | matar |
| to fight | lluitar |
| to hunt | caçar |
| to hit | colpejar, picar |
| to cut | tallar |
| to split | partir, dividir, separar |
| to stab | apunyalar |
| to scratch | gratar, rascar, esgarrapar |
| to dig | cavar, excavar |
| to swim | nedar, nadar |
| to fly | volar |
| to walk | caminar |
| to come | venir, vindre |
| to lie (as in a bed) | jeure (state) |
| to sit | seure (state) |
| to stand | estar dret (state) |
| to turn (intransitive) | girar |
| to fall | caure |
| to give | donar |
| to hold | aguantar, sostenir |
| to squeeze | prémer |
| to rub | fregar |
| to wash | rentar, netejar |
| to wipe | eixugar |
| to pull | estirar |
| to push | empènyer |
| to throw | llançar |
| to tie | lligar |
| to sew | cosir |
| to count | comptar |
| to say | dir |
| to sing | cantar |
| to play | jugar |
| to float | flotar |
| to flow | fluir |
| to freeze | gelar |
| to swell | inflar |
| sun | sol |
| moon | lluna |
| star | estel, estrella |
| water | aigua |
| rain | pluja |
| river | riu |
| lake | llac |
| sea | mar |
| salt | sal |
| stone | pedra |
| sand | arena, sorra |
| dust | pols |
| earth | terra |
| cloud | núvol |
| fog | boira |
| sky | cel |
| wind | vent |
| snow | neu |
| ice | gel, glaç |
| smoke | fum |
| fire | foc |
| ash | cendres |
| to burn | cremar |
| road | carretera |
| mountain | muntanya |
| red | vermell, roig |
| green | verd |
| yellow | groc |
| white | blanc |
| black | negre |
| night | nit |
| day | dia |
| year | any |
| warm | calent, càlid |
| cold | fred |
| full | ple |
| new | nou |
| old | vell |
| good | bo |
| bad | dolent, roí |
| rotten | podrit |
| dirty | brut |
| straight | recte |
| round | redó, rodó |
| sharp (as a knife) | esmolat, agut |
| dull (as a knife) | rom |
| smooth | llis, suau |
| wet | humit, mullat |
| dry | sec |
| correct | correcte |
| near | prop, a prop |
| far | lluny |
| right | dreta |