No. 1,461 in Catalan
trencat
"Trencat" means "broken" in English.
In a sentence
El vidre de la finestra està trencat.
The window glass is broken.
In this sentence, 'trencat' is used as an adjective to describe the condition of the window glass, indicating that it is broken.
He trencat el meu bolígraf.
I have broken my pen.
Here, 'trencat' is the past participle acting as part of the compound tense 'he trencat,' describing an action completed by the subject.
Els llaços entre ells s'han anat trencant amb el temps.
The ties between them have been breaking over time.
In this instance, 'trencant' is the gerund form, illustrating the progressive aspect of breaking ties.
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