realizzando

Realizzando is the present participle (gerund) of the Italian verb realizzare, which means to realize, to carry out, or to make real. As a gerund, realizzando denotes ongoing action and is commonly used to indicate concurrent activity or to form a progressive sense in narrative or formal styles. It can appear with a finite verb to express cause, time, or manner, and can also accompany auxiliary verbs to emphasize ongoing processes.

Etymology and related forms: Realizzare comes from the Latin root realis (“real”) with the -izzare suffix that forms transitive verbs meaning “to make real.” Common related forms include realizzazione (realization), realizzato (realized), and realizzatore (maker, implementer). The gerund realizzando is invariable with gender and number, as is typical for Italian gerunds.

Usage notes: In standard Italian, the progressive nuance is often conveyed by the present tense or by constructions with stare plus the gerund in speech and informal writing. The gerund is frequently used in adverbial clauses to describe simultaneous actions, for example: Realizzando il progetto, hanno ottenuto finanziamenti. It is less common to see the gerund used attributively before a noun; more natural forms for completed actions are realized through the participle realizzato.

Examples:

- Sto realizzando un sogno. (I am realizing a dream.)

- Realizzando quel piano, hanno superato le stime.

- Realizzando una promessa, ha guadagnato fiducia.

See also: realizzare, realizzazione, realizzato.