No. 3,732 in Catalan
adolescent
A young person in the stage of development between childhood and adulthood; a teenager.
In a sentence
La noia adolescent estudia a l'institut.
The adolescent girl studies in the high school.
The word 'adolescent' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'noia' (girl), indicating her life stage.
Un adolescent sovint té molts dubtes sobre el futur.
An adolescent often has many doubts about the future.
Here, 'adolescent' acts as a noun, referring to a young person in the adolescent stage of life.
Els comportaments adolescents poden ser molt volubles.
Adolescent behaviors can be very changeable.
In this case, 'adolescents' is an adjective modifying 'comportaments' (behaviors), characterizing them as typical of adolescence.
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