afirmando

Afirmando is the present participle and gerund of the verb afirmar in Spanish and Portuguese, meaning “affirming” or “stating.” It functions as a non-finite verb form used to express ongoing action or a state described together with another action. In both languages, it is commonly used with auxiliary verbs to indicate action in progress, such as estar: “Estoy afirmando mi posición” (Spanish) and “Estou afirmando minha posição” (Portuguese).

Origin and form: The word derives from the Latin affirmare, meaning to declare firmly, and entered the Romance languages through historical linguistic development. As a gerund, afirmando does not behave as a fully separate noun and remains tied to verbal usage.

Usage notes: Afirmando is typically employed to convey that someone is in the process of asserting or declaring something. It can appear in constructions with estar to denote ongoing action, or as a participial adjunct in larger clauses, for example, “El testigo, afirmando con certeza, declaró...” in Spanish. In Portuguese, a parallel usage occurs with “estou afirmando” or “estando afirmando,” depending on the sentence structure. For referring to the act itself as a noun, different forms are used: afirmación in Spanish and afirmação in Portuguese.

See also: afirmar, afirmación, afirmação.