Gritando (gerund form of gitar)

Question

What is the meaning of "gritando" which is the gerund of the verb "gritar" ?

Jose gritando...

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Answer 1

The present participle, it is not called the gerund in Spanish, is used mainly to form the continuous tenses and in this manner it is a helping verb. So, Jose gritando is not correct.

Jose está gritando...

Jose estaba gritando...

etc.

Occasionally the present participle will be seen standing alone. For example

Gritando no es permitido.

However, it is more common even in this situation to see the infinitive in use.

Gritar no es permitido.

:) - FELIZ77, Jul 6, 2014

Thanks Gringo. - rac1, Jul 6, 2014

Answer 2

Context is important so what you have is ...

Yo que siempre escuché a Marley gritando revolución,

I who always listened to Marley shouting revolution.

But as Gringo said it's a present participle rather than a gerund. In English a gerund is a present participle used as a noun.

I like shouting.

In Spanish present participles are not used in this way, instead the infinitive is used.

Me gusta gritar.

:) - FELIZ77, Jul 6, 2014

Thanks Kiwi. - rac1, Jul 6, 2014

Answer 3

Hello Alsat,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

You said,

Gritando (gerund form of gitar)

I thought it was important to point out to you and others here that gritando is the present participle of the verb gRitar = to shout, not gitar which, as far as I know, does not exist as a Spanish verb! (I couldn't even find it listed in my large and extensive Oxford (English <---> ) Spanish Dictionary.) This may simply be a typing error on your part but as this is a learning site, and we would not want to mislead other beginner level Spanish students I thought it best to mention it!

Está gritando =S/he is shouting /You (polite, singular form, refers to Ud) are shouting. You would only use this form to talk about actions that are happening at the present time, otherwise you would use the present indicative,

grita which can mean: /= s/he shouts /she is shouting

I hope this helps

I think it was just a typo Feliz, as you can see in the body of the text Alsat has used 'gritar' ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 6, 2014

Thank you, Feliz. - rac1, Jul 6, 2014

Answer 4

Oh, i havr a song (Macaco, Amor marinero): ...a Marley gritando revolucion,...

Answer 5

Perhaps this will help

And this one