No. 3,731 in Catalan
admetia
"Admetia" means "allowed," "admitted," or "accepted" (third-person singular imperfect form of "admetre").
In a sentence
El director admetia errors quan n'hi havia.
The director acknowledged errors when there were any.
Here, 'admetia' is used in the past imperfect tense to indicate a repeated or habitual action of acknowledging errors in the past.
Admetia que l'experiment no havia funcionat.
He admitted that the experiment had not worked.
In this case, 'admetia' expresses an action or statement of someone admitting something about a situation in the past, framed in the imperfect aspect to set the context.
Quan li van preguntar, ella admetia la seva responsabilitat.
When they asked her, she admitted her responsibility.
Here, 'admetia' is used to indicate a characteristic reaction or response she repeatedly or specifically gave in past circumstances.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “admetia” in actual Catalan podcasts.
Find “admetia” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Catalan podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Catalan books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).