This is the 172nd most frequent Catalan word.
resta
"Resta" in Catalan means "remainder" or "subtraction."
Here, 'resta' refers to the remaining part or portion of the exercise that needs to be completed.
Pots fer la resta de l'exercici sol?
Can you do the rest of the exercise on your own?
In this context, 'resta' is used in mathematics to denote the result of a subtraction operation.
Quan fem 10 menys 2, la resta és 8.
When we do 10 minus 2, the remainder is 8.
In this sentence, 'resta' is used to mean 'remainder' or 'rest' to indicate the portion of a group that was not initially present.