"-endo" meaning in Spanish

See -endo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|es|suffix form}} -endo
  1. ending indicating the gerund of verbs that have a palatal consonant before -er or -ir in the infinitive form; i.e., the suffix -ing in English Tags: morpheme Synonyms: estar que Coordinate_terms: -ando, -yendo, -iendo
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
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          "source": "w"
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          "english": "to shove → shoving",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "empeller → empellendo",
          "translation": "to shove → shoving",
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        },
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          "english": "to boil → boiling",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "ebullir → ebullendo",
          "translation": "to boil → boiling",
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        },
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            ],
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          "english": "to play (an instrument) → playing",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "tañer → tañendo",
          "translation": "to play (an instrument) → playing",
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          "english": "to tighten → tightening",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "ceñir → ciñendo",
          "translation": "to tighten → tightening",
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        },
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          "english": "to believe → believing",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "creyer → creyendo",
          "translation": "to believe → believing",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "-er",
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          "-ir",
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        }
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "-iendo"
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          ],
          "english": "to shove → shoving",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "empeller → empellendo",
          "translation": "to shove → shoving",
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          "english": "to boil → boiling",
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          "translation": "to boil → boiling",
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        },
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              5
            ],
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              11,
              15
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          ],
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              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to play (an instrument) → playing",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "tañer → tañendo",
          "translation": "to play (an instrument) → playing",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              5
            ],
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              15
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          ],
          "english": "to tighten → tightening",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "ceñir → ciñendo",
          "translation": "to tighten → tightening",
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              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to believe → believing",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "creyer → creyendo",
          "translation": "to believe → believing",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "gerund",
          "gerund#English"
        ],
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          "palatal",
          "palatal#English"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "-er",
          "-er#Spanish"
        ],
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          "-ir",
          "-ir#Spanish"
        ],
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          "-ing",
          "-ing#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "estar que"
        }
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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