No. 3,264 in Catalan
tancant
"Closing" or "shutting."
In a sentence
Estic tancant la porta perquè no entri el vent.
I am closing the door so that the wind doesn't come in.
Here, 'tancant' represents the gerund form of 'tancar', describing the ongoing action of closing.
La botiga està tancant per falta de clients.
The store is closing due to lack of customers.
In this context, 'tancant' is used to indicate the gradual or processual act of ceasing operations.
Els nens van tancant el llibre després de llegir-lo.
The children are gradually closing the book after reading it.
Here, 'tancant' expresses the progressive action of closing the book, implying a sequence after completing something.
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