esmorzant

In a sentence

• Estic esmorzant un entrepà de formatge.

  I am having breakfast with a cheese sandwich.

  The word 'esmorzant' is used as the present continuous tense of the verb 'esmorzar' (to have breakfast) to indicate an ongoing action.

• Esmorzant al bar, vaig trobar-me amb un amic.

  While having breakfast at the bar, I met a friend.

  Here 'esmorzant' acts as a gerund to describe an action happening simultaneously with another past action.

• Ella em va dir que estava esmorzant abans d'anar a treballar.

  She told me she was having breakfast before going to work.

  In this sentence, 'esmorzant' is part of the continuous form in the past tense indicated by 'estava', showing a previous ongoing action.