What is the present participle of hacer?

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The present participle is the gerund (gerundio in Spanish) or the -ing form of the verb and it indicates an ongoing action. To form the gerund in Spanish we just need to take the verb, drop the ending and add -ando (for -AR verbs) or -iendo (for -ER/-IR verbs). So the present participle of hacer is haciendo.

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Lesson Summary

Subject Pronouns Hacer Conjugation: Present Progressive yo estoy haciendo tú estás haciendo él/ella/usted está haciendo nosotros/nosotras estamos haciendo
Similarly, what is the present participle of hablar? This lesson gives you a way to form the present participle of most verbs in Spanish by dropping the ending -ar, -er, or -ir and adding -ando for -ar verbs and -iendo for -er and -ir verbs. For example, hablar becomes hablando.

Besides, what is the present participle of escuchar?

Conjugation Chart

Personal Pronoun Conjugation Yo escucho Tu escuchas El/Ella escucha Nosotros escuchamos
How do you conjugate the present participle?

To form the present participle of regular -ar verbs, add -ando to the stem of the verb. To form the present participle of regular -er and -ir verbs, add -iendo to the stem of the verb. To form the present participle of -ir stem changing verbs, change e:i and o:u in the stem, and then add -iendo to the stem of the verb.