No. 10,290 in Catalan
plantant
"Plantant" means "planting."
In a sentence
Estem plantant arbres al jardí.
We are planting trees in the garden.
The verb 'plantant' is used as the present participle of 'plantar', indicating an ongoing action of planting.
Ell va fer el seu projecte com si estigués plantant roses.
He did his project as if he were planting roses.
Here, 'plantant' is used as part of a hypothetical simile to describe an action metaphorically.
La idea de canvi va arrelar, com si fos algú plantant una llavor.
The idea of change took root, as if it were someone planting a seed.
In this sentence, 'plantant' is used metaphorically to describe instilling or initiating something.
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