This is the 11146th most frequent Catalan word.
suspèn
"Suspèn" means "fails" or "suspends" depending on context.
The verb 'suspèn' is used here to indicate that the teacher temporarily cancels or stops the class.
El professor suspèn la classe per avui.
The teacher cancels the class for today.
Here, 'suspens' (a conjugated form of 'suspèn') means to fail in the context of an academic examination.
Si no estudies prou, segur que suspens l'examen.
If you don't study enough, you will surely fail the exam.
In this sentence, 'suspèn' is used to mean being held or hung above, referring to the physical suspension of the bridge over the water.