Breakdown of ¿Quién estará grabando el video del susto?
estar
to be (location/state)
quién
who (singular)
grabar
to record / to film
el video
the video
el susto
the scare
Questions & Answers about ¿Quién estará grabando el video del susto?
Why is estará grabando translated as 'could be recording' instead of 'will be recording'?
In Spanish, the future tense is often used to make a guess or express wonder about something happening right now in the present. This is called the 'future of probability.' By asking ¿Quién estará grabando...?, the speaker is wondering aloud: 'Who could be recording?' or 'I wonder who is recording?' at this very moment.
We've been using gerunds with terminar and acabar recently. How does the gerund work here with estará?
While verbs like terminar plus a gerund mean 'to end up doing' something, the verb estar plus a gerund forms a continuous tense, focusing on an action in progress. Just like in English, estará (will be / could be) pairs with the gerund grabando (recording) to describe the ongoing action of filming the video.
What does susto mean, and does it relate to the verb asustar?
Why is the verb estará in the singular form?
The question word quién (who) takes a third-person singular verb, just like in English ('Who is recording?' not 'Who are recording?'). Even if the speaker suspects several people might be filming the scare, the grammar of quién keeps the verb singular. If they specifically knew they were looking for a group of people, they would use the plural form quiénes with estarán.
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