aprobándolas

aprobándolas is a Spanish gerund form derived from the verb aprobar, meaning “to approve.” The form is used in conversation and writing to indicate the ongoing action of approving feminine plural objects, such as formal documents, proposals, or requests. It is the present participle of aprobar and agrees in gender and number with the nouns it modifies: aprobando el proyecto → aprobándolo; aprobando las solicitudes → aprobándolas.

In grammatical terms, aprobándolas functions as a verbal noun and can be used as a complement to verbs that describe the act of doing something with an object. For example, “El comité aprobó las políticas, y el secretario las está aprobando.” In the second clause, aprobándolas refers back to el documento and indicates a continuous or repetitive activity.

Common contexts include administrative procedures, educational settings, and legal contexts. Teachers may say “Los estudiantes están aprobándolas las rúbricas” when referring to the process of students marking homework. Municipal councils may state that “Los planes de desarrollo están aprobándolas” to highlight the approval of multiple projects. In law, the phrase can appear in the phraseología of judicial documents, such as “Los formularios están aprobándolas por la autoridad competente.”

The gerund form can also appear in subordinate clauses linked by conjunctions: “Mientras el gobernador revisa las leyes, el asesor sigue aprobándolas.” Here, aprobándolas refines the ongoing nature of the approval action. Because it behaves like a non-finite verb, it can be followed by adverbs of time, manner, or frequency.

Overall, aprobándolas is a useful linguistic construct for expressing repeated or continuous approvals of feminine plural items within formal and informal Spanish.