No. 8,822 in Catalan
esquiant
"Esquiant" in Catalan means "skiing" in English.
In a sentence
Ell està esquiant a la muntanya.
He is skiing on the mountain.
The word 'esquiant' is used as the present participle to indicate an ongoing action of skiing.
Vaig veure un grup de gent esquiant en la distància.
I saw a group of people skiing in the distance.
In this sentence, 'esquiant' functions as a gerund introducing additional information about what the group of people was engaging in.
Durant tot el dia, hem estat esquiant per pistes diferents.
Throughout the day, we have been skiing on different slopes.
Here, 'esquiant' is used in a progressive tense explaining a continuous action that the subject has been doing.
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