No. 4,158 in Catalan
empitjorat
"Worsened" or "deteriorated."
In a sentence
La situació ha empitjorat des de la setmana passada.
The situation has worsened since last week.
Here, 'empitjorat' is used as a past participle to describe the change in state of 'the situation' over time.
Aquestes mesures podrien haver empitjorat el problema.
These measures could have worsened the problem.
In this example, 'empitjorat' is again a past participle, part of a conditional perfect form indicating a hypothetical deterioration caused by the measures.
Si no canviem res, la situació només empitjorarà.
If we don't change anything, the situation will only worsen.
Here, 'empitjorarà' is the future tense of the verb 'empitjorar', demonstrating its use to predict future deterioration.
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