How to Say "counting" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “counting” is “contando” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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VerbA1
enumerating numbers
Examples
El niño está contando los carros rojos que pasan.
The boy is counting the red cars that pass by.
Estuvimos contando hasta cien para calmarnos.
We were counting up to a hundred to calm ourselves down.
Forming the Ongoing Action
The word 'contando' is the gerund, which combines with 'estar' to talk about something happening right now (like 'is counting').
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