A nagging question

A nagging question
 

I've often heard people say agua hervida for boiling water. Is this correct? or should it be agua hirviendo? Thanks guys.

-Mom

Re: A nagging question
 

It's frequent that a English gerund becomes a Spanish participle, but in this case I agree with you as "agua hervida" can be cold and still be "agua hervida".

Re: A nagging question
 

you guys are pros at this. It's been so long since I've used my spanish in a written form that I've forgotten alot of it. Thank you for trying to help everybody else that is in my position of wanting to relearn.