Infinitive vs. gerund in "-ing" participle clauses?

Question

Let's say you have a sentence like this:

Rosa yawned, getting into bed. Rosa bostezó, (meterse/metiéndose) en la cama.

To which tense would the verb "get into" (meterse, I think) be conjugated? When you have any sentence like this, with a participle clause beginning with a gerund, do you conjugate it to the Spanish infinitive or gerund?

Answer 1

Hello,

metiéndose or se metió is correct.

or "mientras se metía" - RafaelNoiret, Jul 27, 2013

Answer 2

In this case you might want to just use the infinitive, as fallows, "Al meterse en la cama, Rosa bostezó."
but it's also fine to use the gerund, as in, "Rosa bostezó, metiéndose en la cama."

Answer 3

A couple of links you might be interested in:

English participle /gerund phrases

Spanish present participles

spanish past participle phrases