This is the 8822nd most frequent Catalan word.
esquiant
"Esquiant" in Catalan means "skiing" in English.
The word 'esquiant' is used as the present participle to indicate an ongoing action of skiing.
Ell està esquiant a la muntanya.
He is skiing on the mountain.
In this sentence, 'esquiant' functions as a gerund introducing additional information about what the group of people was engaging in.
Vaig veure un grup de gent esquiant en la distància.
I saw a group of people skiing in the distance.
Here, 'esquiant' is used in a progressive tense explaining a continuous action that the subject has been doing.