No. 256 in Catalan
fills
"Fills" means "sons" or "children" in English.
In a sentence
Els fills d'en Joan són molt amables.
Joan's children are very kind.
In this sentence, 'fills' is used as a noun meaning 'children,' referring to the offspring of someone.
Ell fills la tassa de cafè cada matí.
He fills the coffee mug every morning.
Here, 'fills' is a conjugation of the verb 'omplir,' meaning 'to fill,' used in the third person singular present tense.
Després, amb la pluja, els rius es van omplir i es van convertir en corrents fills d'energia.
Later, with the rain, the rivers filled and turned into streams filled with energy.
In this instance, 'fills' metaphorically describes the streams as being 'full' (of energy), indicating an attribute.
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