"Que esta haciendo"

Question

Why does "¿Qué está haciendo?" change the meaning of haciendo? I thought haciendo translated to house?

Hello! Welcome to the forum... =) - NikkiLR, Jun 22, 2012

Answer 1

In this sentence, "Haciendo" is the gerund (like the "-ing" form of verbs in English) or the verb "hacer", which means "to do or to make".Here you can find the conjugation of "hacer". And here is the full translation. This sentence as a whole means "What is he/she/it doing?"

I think the word you are looking for is "hacienda", which means a property, lands, a country estate, etc. This is the full translation of "hacienda."

So these words in fact mean totally different things, as you can see. It all comes down to the ending, whether the word ends with "-a" or "-o".

It can also mean "what are you doing", formal. - Eddy, Jun 22, 2012

Yes, that too. - PumpkinCalabaza, Jun 22, 2012

Answer 2

You are thinking of "hacienda". "Haciendo" is "el gerundio" of the verb "hacer". It it used with a conjugated form of the verb "estar" to make the progressive (continuous) as in your example. More information on "el gerundio" here gerundio

Sorry, Pumpkin. I was composing this when you were answering. :)) - Noetol, Jun 22, 2012