incollando

Incollando is the Italian gerund of the verb incollare, meaning to glue or paste. It denotes the ongoing action of applying adhesive to join two or more objects.

The verb incollare is built from the noun colla (glue) with the prefix in-, indicating the act of applying glue. The gerund incollando is used to express actions in progress and is typically found with verbs of stance or movement, such as sto incollando (I am gluing) or sta incollando (he/she is gluing).

In everyday and technical writing, incollando appears in instructions, DIY guides, craft manuals, and description of processes involving affixing materials. The gerund is invariable, not changing for gender or number, and is used to convey simultaneous or subsequent actions in relation to another verb. Its corresponding past participle is incollato, meaning glued.

As a linguistic note, incollando is specific to Italian. Comparable concepts exist in other languages with different words for glueing or pasting, such as English gluing or pasting, and Spanish pegar or encolar. In Italian, the base forms to know are incollare (to glue), incollando (gluing), and incollato (glued).