Using the Gerund form of a verb.

Question

In attempting to write a journal about my daily activity, I became aware that I didn't know how to translate "stretches," as in "I did my stretches." Is that translatable into Spanish? I assume I can say "I did my stretching." hice mi estirando." Is this correct?

Gracias por su ayuda,

Jim

Answer 1

I agree with HechoEnMéxico´s answer of "me estiré."

If you want to use the English gerund form, which would be the Spanish infinitive form, you could say "Hice mis ejercicios de estirar."

Answer 2

I think the problem is that in Spanish one can not use the equivalent of the English present participle (-ing) as a noun - because it is not the same thing.

In other words the English "Gerund" is not the same as a Spanish "Gerundio"

There have been many questions about this topic - have a look at this answer

Samdie's answer about Gerunds and Gerundios

Answer 3

me estire

me estiré - 0074b507, Nov 20, 2011

Answer 4

My stretches = mis ejercicios de estiramiento

eating pizza everyday is bad for your health = comer pizza todos los días es malo para tu salud.