English-Spanish translations for catalyst

• catalizador
  El de catalizador, por supuesto. That of a catalyst, of course.
  El Espacio Europeo de la Investigación tiene que ser el catalizador para la inversión privada. The European Research Area must be the catalyst for private investment.
  Ese Premio Nobel fue un catalizador del cambio. That Nobel Prize became a catalyst of change.
• agitador
• demiurgo
• enzima
• fermentó
• levadura

Definition of catalyst

• A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Someone or something that encourages progress or change
• An inciting incident that sets the successive conflict into motion

Examples

• Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace.

Related words

• photocatalyst
• electrocatalyst
• biocatalyst
• autocatalyst
• precatalyst
• cocatalyst
• nanocatalyst
• anticatalyst