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.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “comprando” in actual Spanish podcasts.
Find “comprando” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appSpanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).