This is the 13579th most frequent Spanish word.
reprendiendo
Reprimanding or scolding.
Here, 'reprendiendo' denotes a direct admonishment or expression of disapproval by the teacher to the student.
El maestro estaba reprendiendo al estudiante por no hacer su tarea.
The teacher was scolding the student for not doing their homework.
In this context, 'reprendiendo' describes an ongoing action of criticizing or scolding for corrective reasons.
La madre pasó toda la mañana reprendiendo a sus hijos por dejar desordenada la casa.
The mother spent the entire morning reprimanding her children for leaving the house messy.
Here, 'reprendiendo' reflects a more formal and possibly more serious form of reprimand, aligning with professional or hierarchical contexts.