escurçar

This is the 8783rd most frequent Catalan word.


escurçar

To shorten or reduce.


Here, 'escurçar' means to physically shorten or reduce the length of an object.

Vaig decidir escurçar les mànigues de la camisa.

I decided to shorten the sleeves of the shirt.


In this sentence, 'escurçar' refers to reducing the duration or time allocated for an activity.

Hem d'escurçar el temps de preparació per ser puntuals.

We must shorten the preparation time to be punctual.


Here, 'escurçar' is used to denote reducing or abbreviating spoken content to fit a time constraint.

Van escurçar el discurs per adaptar-se al temps disponible.

They shortened the speech to adapt to the available time.