No. 1,562 in Catalan
detenir
To stop or to arrest.
In a sentence
La policia va detenir el sospitós després d'una persecució.
The police arrested the suspect after a chase.
In this sentence, 'detenir' is used to mean 'to arrest' or 'to apprehend'.
Vaig detenir el vídeo perquè volia prendre apunts.
I paused the video because I wanted to take notes.
Here, 'detenir' signifies 'to pause' or 'to stop temporarily'.
El projecte es va detenir per manca de recursos.
The project halted due to a lack of resources.
This instance of 'detenir' means 'to halt' or 'to cease progress'.
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