No. 9,099 in Catalan
fotessin
"Fotessin" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of "fotre," meaning "to put," "to do," or colloquially "to mess with" depending on context.
In a sentence
Si no lluitem, és molt possible que ens fotessin fora de la competició.
If we don't fight, it is very likely that they would kick us out of the competition.
Here, 'fotessin' is used as a subjunctive form to express a hypothetical situation if conditions aren't met.
Ells volien que es fotessin d'un cop a fer la feina.
They wanted them to get started on doing the work at once.
In this sentence, 'fotessin' is in past subjunctive, indicating a desire or request expressed in the past aimed at others.
Vaig témer que ens fotessin problemes on no n'hi havia.
I feared that they would cause us problems where there were none.
Here 'fotessin' conveys an action hypothetically performed upon us in the past subjunctive form.
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