recibiendo

Recibiendo is the present participle (gerund) of the Spanish verb recibir, meaning to receive. It is used to indicate an action that is in progress and forms progressive tenses with auxiliary verbs such as estar or seguir: Estoy recibiendo correo; La empresa está recibiendo solicitudes.

Etymology and form: Recibir comes from the Latin recipere. The gerund recibiendo is formed by taking the stem recibi- and adding -endo. This construction is common across Spanish varieties and appears in sentences to express ongoing receiving actions, whether physical items, people, or information.

Usage notes: The gerund is mainly used to express ongoing action (progressive aspect): estar recibiendo, seguir recibiendo, or continues in past contexts with imperfect or perfect tenses (estaba recibiendo, he estado recibiendo). It can appear with a variety of direct objects, such as recibir visitas, recibir correos, or recibir un premio. In formal writing, the gerund should be used sparingly; for completed actions, other tenses (recibí, he recibido) are preferred.

Examples:

- Estoy recibiendo visitas en este momento.

- La compañía está recibiendo solicitudes para el puesto.

- Ayer estuvo recibiendo cartas durante la mañana.

Related terms: recibir, recepción, receptor, receptivo. The gerund no funciona como sustantivo independiente; its function is to denote a continuing action within verb phrases, similar to the English receiving when used with auxiliary verbs.