No. 8,775 in Catalan
escombrat
Swept.
In a sentence
La sala està escombrada després de la neteja de primavera.
The room is swept after the spring cleaning.
Here, 'escombrada' is the past participle of 'escombrar', used to describe the state of the room after being cleaned with a broom.
Ell va escombrar les fulles del jardí aquest matí.
He swept the leaves in the garden this morning.
In this sentence, 'escombrar' is used in the simple past tense to indicate the action of sweeping performed in the garden.
S'han escombrat totes les habitacions abans de l'arribada dels convidats.
All the rooms have been swept before the arrival of the guests.
This usage shows the reflexive form 's'han escombrat' to express that the action of sweeping has been completed on all rooms before an event.
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