Verbal Periphrases with Gerundio

Question 0

ir + gerundio

Answer 0

incremental process with an end, limit, or result

the beginning of an incremental process

Question 1

estar + gerundio

Answer 1

ongoing action; action in progress (all tenses)

Question 2

venir + gerundio

Answer 2

denotes a process that began in the past and continues into the present moment.
to have been

Question 3

andar + gerundio

Answer 3

current process that usually happens intermittently

to do on and off

Question 4

llevar + (expression of time) + gerundio

Answer 4

expresses a period of time something has happened or been happening.

Question 5

pasar(se) + time expression + gerundio

Answer 5

current process; ongoing action (more emphatic than estar + gerundio)

Question 6

vivir + gerundio

Answer 6

repeated, constant, or habitual action

to be always

Question 7

seguir + gerundio

continuar + gerundio

Answer 7

continued process

to still/keep/continue