Spanish Participles | SpanishDict
www.spanishdict.com › guide › spanish-participlesPresent participles are called gerundios in Spanish and are used to form progressive tenses. A Note on the Term Gerund In Spanish, the verb form that ends in -ndo is called the gerundio. It is used in compound verb forms, such as Estoy nadando. ( I'm swimming. ), as well as adverbially, as in Salió corriendo. (literally, He left running.)