This is the 4158th most frequent Catalan word.
empitjorat
"Worsened" or "deteriorated."
Here, 'empitjorat' is used as a past participle to describe the change in state of 'the situation' over time.
La situació ha empitjorat des de la setmana passada.
The situation has worsened since last week.
In this example, 'empitjorat' is again a past participle, part of a conditional perfect form indicating a hypothetical deterioration caused by the measures.
Aquestes mesures podrien haver empitjorat el problema.
These measures could have worsened the problem.
Here, 'empitjorarà' is the future tense of the verb 'empitjorar', demonstrating its use to predict future deterioration.