This is the 2759th most frequent Catalan word.
buscaven
"Buscaven" means "they were looking for" or "they searched" in English.
The verb 'buscaven' is in the imperfect tense, indicating a repeated or continuous action in the past.
Els nens buscaven petxines a la platja.
The children were looking for shells on the beach.
Here 'buscaven' is used to express a prolonged action in the past while focusing on the effort.
Buscaven una solució al problema durant hores.
They were searching for a solution to the problem for hours.
The word 'buscaven' shows an ongoing action in the past at the time another action occurred.