No. 172 in Catalan
resta
"Resta" in Catalan means "remainder" or "subtraction."
In a sentence
La resta dels assistents va arribar més tard.
The rest of the attendees arrived later.
In this sentence, 'resta' is used to mean 'remainder' or 'rest' to indicate the portion of a group that was not initially present.
Pots fer la resta de l'exercici sol?
Can you do the rest of the exercise on your own?
Here, 'resta' refers to the remaining part or portion of the exercise that needs to be completed.
Quan fem 10 menys 2, la resta és 8.
When we do 10 minus 2, the remainder is 8.
In this context, 'resta' is used in mathematics to denote the result of a subtraction operation.
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