trazendo

Trazendo is the gerund (gerúndio) of the Portuguese verb trazer, meaning to bring or to carry toward a person or place. It denotes an ongoing action and is used to express the progressive aspect or a habitual action of bringing.

In Brazilian Portuguese, trazendo commonly follows estar to form present progressive constructions: Ela está trazendo comida. It can also appear with other auxiliaries such as continuar or andar to signal duration or continuity: Ele vem trazendo novidades. In European Portuguese, the present progressive is often expressed with the infinitive construction a trazer (Ele está a trazer) in informal speech, though both forms are understood.

Grammatically, trazer is irregular; the gerund preserves the root traz- plus the suffix -ndo. The corresponding past participle is trazido. The imperfect forms include vinha trazendo (I was bringing). The gerund can be used with different auxiliaries to indicate ongoing action in the past, present, or future, and it can also function in participial clauses that describe concurrent actions.

Usage notes: The gerund trazendo is versatile and can introduce actions that are concurrent with the main verb or describe ongoing results of a prior action. It is distinct from a simple adjective form, though in many contexts trazendo remains a verbal form conveying ongoing bringing.

Examples: Ela está trazendo o jantar para a mesa. Eles vêm trazendo novidades desde o ano passado. O garçom voltou trazendo o cardápio novo.