revelando

Revelando is the present participle (gerund) of the verbs revelar in Spanish and Portuguese. It can denote either the act of revealing or uncovering something, or the process of developing a photograph or film, depending on context. As a verbal form, revelando is used to express ongoing action in combination with auxiliary verbs to form progressive tenses, for example estar revelando in Spanish or estar revelando in Portuguese (estoy revelando / estou revelando). It can also function in nonfinite clauses as a participial form, or, less commonly, as an adjective describing a continuing process.

In photography, revelar is the standard term for developing a film or print; revelando describes the ongoing development of the image, or is used as a noun-like phrase indicating the development stage in a lab workflow.

Figuratively, revelando appears in discourse to indicate uncovering information, truth, or motives, as in phrases that translate to "revealing the truth" or "unveiling facts." The meaning thus spans concrete actions of development and abstract acts of disclosure.

Etymology: revelar comes from Latin revelare, literally "to uncover, to unveil," formed from re- and velare "to veil." The gerund revelando inherits these senses and is used in both Spanish and Portuguese with similar spelling, though pronunciation and grammar follow language-specific rules.