No. 3,400 in Catalan
cercas
"Cercas" in Catalan means "you search" or "you seek" (second-person singular present of "cercar").
In a sentence
Tu cercas informació sobre el projecte.
You are searching for information about the project.
Here, 'cercas' is used in the second person singular form of the verb 'cercar', meaning 'to search', representing an action performed by the interlocutor.
Quan cercas inspiració, sovint la trobes en la natura.
When you search for inspiration, you often find it in nature.
'Cercas' continues to be used in the second person singular form to express searching for something abstract, like inspiration.
Si cercas resultats precisos, cal usar bones tècniques.
If you search for precise results, you need to use good techniques.
In this sentence, 'cercas' serves to indicate a conditional statement where the action of searching is dependent on achieving precise results.
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