This is the 8799th most frequent Catalan word.
esmorzant
"Esmorzant" means "having breakfast."
The word 'esmorzant' is used as the present continuous tense of the verb 'esmorzar' (to have breakfast) to indicate an ongoing action.
Estic esmorzant un entrepĂ de formatge.
I am having breakfast with a cheese sandwich.
Here 'esmorzant' acts as a gerund to describe an action happening simultaneously with another past action.
Esmorzant al bar, vaig trobar-me amb un amic.
While having breakfast at the bar, I met a friend.
In this sentence, 'esmorzant' is part of the continuous form in the past tense indicated by 'estava', showing a previous ongoing action.