How to Say "harvesting" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “harvesting” is “recogiendo” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
English → SpanishA2
verbA2
picking crops or fruit
Examples
Llevo toda la mañana recogiendo mis juguetes.
I've been picking up my toys all morning.
Están recogiendo manzanas en el huerto.
They are gathering apples in the orchard.
The -ing Form
This word is the 'doing' form (gerund) of the verb 'recoger'. In Spanish, you use '-iendo' for '-er' verbs to show an action is happening right now.
Spelling Rule
Even though the base verb 'recoger' sometimes changes its 'g' to a 'j' (like in 'recojo'), it keeps the 'g' in 'recogiendo' because it is followed by an 'i'.
Spelling with J
Mistake: “recojiendo”
Correction: recogiendo (use 'g' because the next letter is 'i')
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