partindo

Partindo is the present participle, or gerúndio, of the Portuguese verb partir, which means to leave, depart, or to split. As a gerund, partindo conveys ongoing action or a state related to leaving or beginning something and is used with auxiliary verbs to form progressive tenses, or in certain formal and idiomatic expressions. The form is invariant for gender and number, appearing as partindo regardless of the subject.

Uses and meanings

Partindo can describe continuous action: Eu estou partindo agora (I am leaving now). It also appears in phrases that express a starting point or assumption, such as partindo de, meaning “starting from” or “based on,” for example Partindo do pressuposto de que a hipótese é correta (Starting from the assumption that the hypothesis is correct). The gerund is common with deixers like estar, ficar, continuar, and ir to indicate ongoing processes.

Morphology

Root verb: partir. Gerund: partindo. Present tense forms of partir include eu parto, tu partes, ele parte, nós partimos, vós partis, eles partem. The past participle is partido.

Usage notes

In Brazilian Portuguese, the gerund is widely used in everyday speech to express ongoing action, but in formal writing it is sometimes discouraged in favor of subordinate clauses or infinitive constructions to improve clarity. In European Portuguese, usage patterns can differ, with more emphasis on avoiding awkward sequences in certain contexts.

See also

Partir, Partida, Gerúndio (Portuguese gerund), Portuguese grammar.