what is the meaning of the word haciendo?

Question

the word haciendo is used several times in the lessons and I cannot find it in any spanish dictionary.

please note that it is mandatory on this forum to use correct spelling, grammar, and capitalization in your posts. - - 00494d19, Sep 10, 2009

Answer 1

"Qué estás haciendo?" What are you doing?

I tried Rosetta Stone too. Spanishdict is better and free.

i like spanish dict too i hate rosetta. - emogurl, Sep 10, 2009

I love Rosetta Stone - and spanishdict.com! - DR1960, Sep 10, 2009

Answer 2

I doubt that you would find "doing"/"did"/does" (as main entries) in an English dictionary either. The usual custom is to treat such forms under the general heading of the infinitive.

Answer 3

La hacienda means farm according to the flashcards but I have always heard farm described as la granja flash cards also say small office is el cubículo wheras I have always known this as el despacho another one guinea pig el cobaya which I have heard called conejo de india. Ken.

Answer 4

Doing.

Answer 5

Did you mean in lesson 10, level 1, unti 1? The question mean s "What is the boy doing" and the answer is "The boy is swimming" At least this is what I think, but you are right Haciendo is not in any spanish-english dictionary I can find.

There are or were some places in the lessons where hacienda/haciendo are misspelled. - 0074b507, Sep 10, 2009

Answer 6

I also had trouble with this word. Haciendo is in a lesson of rosettastone. As near as I can tell it means "Doing" as it's other form, hacer, means "to do".

Answer 7

Well, now who's looking stupid for not searching previous posts.

I wish I had seen that this same question was just asked in another post. And talk about coincidences " hacienda" is used in our flashcards so when he said lessons I made a wrong assumption.

I see that we are talking about Rosetta Stone lessons, not ours. I give up. At least the other post didn't mention "hacendar".

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Answer 8

The more I think about it, you may, indeed, be looking for haciendo and the reason that you can't find it is that it is not a verb infinitive.

Look here for the Spanish gerund , ing form of the verb, or the present participle or whatever they list it under: hacer see bottom of page

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There is also a conjugated form of the verb hacendar that fits the bill, but I don't recall seeing that in the lessons.

Answer 9

You are misspelling it. Try hacienda.

(haciendo is the gerund of hacer, but hacienda is in the lessons. Did you see it in the flashcards?).

If you need the definition in English, try our dictionary. hacienda

hacienda. (Del lat. facienda, pl. n. del ger. de fac?re, lo que ha de hacerse). 1. f. Finca agrícola. 2. f. Conjunto de bienes y riquezas que alguien tiene. 3. f. Departamento de la Administración Pública que elabora los presupuestos generales, recauda los ingresos establecidos y coordina y controla los gastos de los diversos departamentos. ORTOGR. Escr. con may. inicial. 4. f. Conjunto de las rentas, impuestos y demás bienes de cualquier índole regidos por el Estado o por otros entes públicos. 5. f. Conjunto de ganados de un dueño o de una finca. 6. f. p. us. Labor, faena casera. U. m. en pl. 7. f. ant. Obra, acción o suceso. 8. f. ant. Asunto, negocio que se trata entre algunas personas. ~ de beneficio. 1. f. Méx. Oficina donde se benefician los minerales de plata. derramar la ~. 1. loc. verb. Destruirla, disiparla, malgastarla. hacer buena ~. 1. loc. verb. irón. U. cuando alguien ha incurrido en algún yerro o desacierto. redondear la ~. 1. loc. verb. Aumentarla con adquisiciones complementarias hasta llegar a la cuantía propuesta de antemano. sanear la ~. 1. loc. verb. Pagar las cargas, créditos o gravámenes que tenía y dejarla libre. ? V. día de hacienda Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados [1]: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/hacienda