No. 191 in Spanish
haciendo
"Doing" or "making."
In a sentence
Estoy haciendo la tarea de matemáticas.
I am doing the math homework.
In this sentence, "haciendo" is the gerund form of the verb "hacer" functioning as part of the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action.
Estaba haciendo ejercicio cuando me llamaste.
I was exercising when you called me.
Here, "haciendo" is again in its gerund form, this time part of a past continuous tense, indicating an action that was occurring in the past when interrupted by another action.
Voy al taller porque están haciendo reparaciones en mi coche.
I am going to the workshop because they are making repairs to my car.
In this sentence, "haciendo" describes an ongoing action performed by others, conveyed in the third person plural.
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