This is the 667th most frequent Catalan word.
augment
"Augment" in Catalan means "increase" or "growth."
Here, 'augmentar' is used as a verb in past tense to indicate an action where something grows numerically or in extent, such as popularity or usage.
L'ús de les herbes va augmentar després que la gent va conèixer els seus beneficis.
The use of herbs increased after people learned about their benefits.
Here, 'augment' is used as a noun referring to an increase or rise in something measurable, such as temperature.
Hi ha hagut un augment significatiu en les temperatures aquest estiu.
There has been a significant increase in temperatures this summer.
Here, 'augment' again functions as a noun, indicating the action of rising or an increment, applied to an abstract concept like energy.