No. 4,715 in Spanish
comprando
Buying.
In a sentence
Estoy comprando frutas en el mercado.
I am buying fruits at the market.
In this sentence, 'comprando' is used as a gerund, indicating an ongoing action performed by the subject.
Ella sigue comprando ropa a pesar de tener suficiente.
She keeps buying clothes despite having enough.
Here, 'comprando' functions within the phrase 'sigue comprando' to express continuation of the action.
Vimos a Juan comprando libros en la tienda.
We saw Juan buying books at the store.
'Comprando' is part of the phrase 'vimos a Juan comprando,' acting as a gerund to describe an action taking place matching the temporal frame.
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