Participle

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Also Known As: Participio in Spanish.

Definition: An impersonal inflected verb form that combines with auxiliary verbs and can sometimes function as an adjective. In both English and Spanish, there are two types of participles: present participles and past participles. In English, present participles typically end in -ing, while in Spanish they typically end in -ando, -endo, -ante or -ente.

In English, the present participle also can combine with forms of to be to make the progressive tenses, as can the -ando and -endo present participles.

In English, the past participles typically end in -ed, while in Spanish, regular past participles end in -ado or -ido.

Examples:

Underline words are participles:

We have bought the broken car.
Hemos comprado el carro roto.

He can't adapt to the changing times.
No puede adaptarse a los tiempos cambiantes.

We are eating now.
Estamos comiendo ahora.

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