This is the 8623rd most frequent Catalan word.
empresonats
"Empresonats" means "imprisoned" in English.
The word 'empresonats' indicates that the pirates were captured and placed in prison, serving as a past participle describing their condition.
Els pirates van ser empresonats després de la batalla.
The pirates were imprisoned after the battle.
Here, 'empresonats' functions as a noun and refers to the group of individuals who have been imprisoned.
Els empresonats esperen amb impaciència el judici.
The imprisoned await the trial eagerly.
In this sentence, 'empresonats' is part of a verb phrase in the past tense, describing the state of being kept in a jail.