No. 458 in Catalan

humans

The Catalan word "humans" means "humans" or "human beings" in English.

In a sentence

Els humans són una espècie intel·ligent.
Humans are an intelligent species.
Here, 'humans' ('humans' in Catalan) is used as the subject and a general term to refer to humanity as a whole.
En aquesta època, els humans van començar a domesticar animals.
During this era, humans started to domesticate animals.
In this case, 'humans' ('humans' in Catalan) is used to denote the collective actions of people during a historical period.
Els humans tenen la capacitat de raonar i empatitzar.
Humans have the ability to reason and empathize.
In this sentence, 'humans' ('humans' in Catalan) emphasizes individual inherent characteristics of people as a group.

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