In the cases where, in English, a present participle (e.g dancing, eating, living) is used, in Spanish the infinitive is generally used instead (e.g bailar, comer, vivir), especially if the phrase in Spanish contains a preposition.
Here are some examples:
Notice how in the Spanish sentence there is an infinitive after the preposition, while in English there is a present participle (with or without a preposition).
Here are some more examples:
In Spanish the only possible verbal form directly after a preposition is an infinitive.
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