hacer

=

to do

verb

hacer

transitive verb

1. to do (realizar) (estudios, experimento, favor); to make (viaje, sacrificio, promesa); to take (comunión); to ask (pregunta)

¿qué haces? -> what are you doing?
tengo mucho que hacer -> I have a lot to do
estoy haciendo segundo -> I'm in my second year
¿qué habré hecho con las llaves? -> what have I done with the keys?
la carretera hace una curva -> there's a bend in the road

2. to make (elaborar, crear, cocinar)

hacer un vestido/planes -> to make a dress/plans
hacer un poema/una sinfonía -> to write a poem/a symphony
hacer una fiesta -> to have a party
para hacer la carne… -> to cook the meat…

3. to make (obtener) (fotocopia); to paint (retrato); to take (fotografía)

4. to do (arreglar) (casa, colada); to make (cama)

5. to build (construir)

han hecho un edificio nuevo -> they've put up a new building

6. to make (movimientos, sonidos, gestos)

le hice señas -> I signaled to her
hacer ruido -> to make a noise
el gato hace "miau" -> cats go "meow"

7. to do (practicar) (en general); to play (tenis, fútbol)

debes hacer deporte -> you should start doing some sport

8. (causar)

hacer daño a alguien -> to hurt somebody
me hizo gracia -> I thought it was funny

9. (transformar en)

hacer a alguien feliz -> to make somebody happy
la guerra no le hizo un hombre -> the war didn't make him (into) a man
hizo pedazos el papel -> he tore the paper to pieces
hacer de algo/alguien algo -> to make something/somebody into something
hizo de ella una buena cantante -> he made a good singer of her

10. to cause to look o seem (dar aspecto a)

este espejo te hace gordo -> that mirror makes you look o seem fat

11. (comportarse como)

hacer el tonto -> to act the fool
hacer el vándalo -> to act like a hooligan

12. to play (Cine & Teatro) (papel)

hace el papel de la hija del rey -> she plays (the part of) the king's daughter

13. to think, to reckon (suponer)

a estas horas yo te hacía en París -> I thought o reckoned you'd be in Paris by now

14. (ser causa de)

hacer que alguien haga algo -> to make somebody do something
has hecho que se enfadara -> you've made him angry
me hizo reír -> it made me laugh

15. (mandar)

hacer que se haga algo -> to have something done
voy a hacer teñir este vestido -> I'm going to have this dress dyed

intransitive verb

16. (intervenir)

déjame hacer a mí -> let me do it

17. (Cine & Teatro)

hacer de -> to play; (actuar) to act as (trabajar)

18. (aparentar)

hacer como si -> to act as if
haz como que no te importa -> act as if you don't care

19. (procurar, intentar)

hacer por hacer algo -> to try to do something
haré por verle esta noche -> I'll try to see him tonight

also:

¿hace? -> all right? (peninsular Spanish)

verb impersonal

20. (tiempo meteorológico)

hace frío/sol/viento -> it's cold/sunny/windy
hace buen/mal tiempo -> the weather is good/bad
hace un día precioso -> it's a beautiful day

21. (tiempo transcurrido)

hace diez años -> ten years ago
hace mucho/poco -> a long time/not long ago
hace dos sábados -> the Saturday before last
hace un mes que llegué -> it's a month since I arrived
no la veo desde hace un año -> I haven't seen her for a year

hacerse

pronomial verb

1. to cook (guisarse, cocerse)

2. to make oneself (fabricarse)

hacer un vestido -> to make oneself a dress; (uno mismo) to have a dress made (encargarlo)

3. (causarse)

hacerse daño -> to hurt oneself

4. to become (convertirse en)

hacerse musulmán -> to become a Moslem
hacerse viejo -> to grow old

5. (resultar)

se me ha hecho muy corto -> it seemed very short

6. (crearse en la mente)

hacerse ilusiones -> to get one's hopes up
hacerse una idea de algo -> to imagine what something is like

7. (mostrarse)

hacerse el gracioso/el simpático -> to try to act the comedian/the nice guy
hacerse el distraído -> to pretend to be miles away

8. (acostumbrarse)

hacerse a algo -> to get used to something

9. (conseguir)

hacerse con algo -> to get hold of something

hacer [ah-therr’]

article & verb transitive & verb neuter

1. To make, to form, to produce.

2. To do, to practice, to act something good or bad, to make, to perform (realizar).

3. To put in execution, to carry into effect; to effect.

4. To make, to cause to have any quality, to bring into any new state or condition, to prepare (preparar), to dispose, to compose.

5. To make up a number, to complete.

6. To make, to raise as profit from something, to gain (ganar).

7. To make, to turn to some use.

8. To habituate, to accustom (acostumbrar).

9. To give, to grant.

10. To include, to contain (incluir).

11. To cause (causar), to occasion.

12. To resolve, to determine, to judge, to consider.

13. To assemble, to convoke: to correspond.

14. To make, to compel, to force, to constrain, to oblige (obligar): in this sense it is followed by an infinitive verb.

Hacer venir -> to oblige to come

15. To dress: applied to hawks or cocks for fighting.

verb neuter

16. To grow, to increase or receive anything. (n)

17. To matter, to import (importar). (n)

18. To be, to exist. (n)

Hace friío -> it is cold

19. To accord, to agree, to fit, to answer, to suit. (n)

20. Joined with the particle a, it signifies to be ready or disposed. (n)

Hacer a todo -> to be ready or disposed to do anything

21. Joined with the particle de, and the names of offices or professions, it signifies to perform their duties. (n)

Hacer de escribano -> to act as scrivener or notary
Hacer de portero -> to act as a porter

22. Joined with de, se, el, la, lo, it signifies to represent, to counterfeit, or to show what is not in reality. (n)

Hacer de bobo -> to counterfeit an idiot

23. With por or para, joined to an infinitive verb, it signifies taking pains and care in executing the import of such verb. (n)

Hacer por llegar, to endeavor to arrive. Hacer par -> or por salvarse, to strive to save oneself

24. Followed by substantives it gives them a verbal signification. (n)

Hacer estimación -> to esteem
Hacer pensar -> to put in mind, to give cause to suspect
Hacer avergonzar -> to put one to the blush, to frown anyone down
Hacer bajar los ojos -> to make one abashed
Hacer bajar las orejas -> to humble anyone
Hacer de capitán -> to personate or act the captain
Haz por venir -> try to come
Hacer cuerpo presente -> to attend a meeting without taking part in it
Hacer a uno con alguna cosa -> (coll.) to procure a thing for anyone
No hacer alto -> to overlook, not to mind
No hagas caso -> never mind
Hacer el papel -> to personate or act the part of another person
Hacer la vista gorda -> to wink at, to connive at
Hacer alarde -> to muster; to boast of
Hacer aire -> to blow: speaking of the wind
Hacer alguna cosa a la moda -> to fashion
Hacer a uno perder los estribos -> to make anyone lose his temper: literally, to make a man lose his stirrups
Hacer bancarrota -> to fail, to break, to become bankrupt
Hacer caso de -> to pay attention to, to mind, to care
Hacer cara -> to make head against, to face, to resist
Hacer de tripas corazón -> to pluck up courage, to bluster and show much boldness when one is afraid, to pluck up heart
Hacer de figura or hacer figura -> to make a figure or cut a figure
Hacer fermentar -> to heat
Hacer frente a -> to make head against, to face, to resist
Hacer fiesta -> to take a day off
Hacer fiestas -> to fondle, to endear, to flatter, to cajole, to fawn
Hacer gasto -> to spend
Hacer humo -> 1. To smoke. 2. (Met.) To continue long in a place.
Hacer opinión -> to form an opinion, to be an authority
Hace ocho días -> eight days ago
Hacer juego -> to be well matched
Hacer la comida -> to dress the dinner
Hacer limosna -> to give alms
Hacer las amistades -> to make it up
Hacer mal de ojo -> (coll.) to fascinate
Hacer memoria -> to recollect, to remember
Hacer milagros -> to do wonders
Hacer niebla -> to haze
Hacer un papel -> to act a part; to make or to cut a figure; to acquit oneself well
Hacer por -> to try, to do one’s best
Hacer progresos -> to gain ground, to improve
Hacer pedazos -> to pull to pieces
Hacer pucheros -> to make wry faces, as children do before they begin to cry
Hacer pie -> to find the bottom of water without swimming; to be firm and secure in anything; to stop, to reside in a place
Hancer que hacemos -> to act officially, to affect doing some business, to fidget about for no purpose
Hacer saber -> to acquaint, to make known
Hacer sombra -> (Met.) to protect, to support; to impede, to obscure
Hacer su agosto -> to make hay while the sun shines: literally, to make one’s harvest
Hacer ventaja, to exceed, to surpass. No hay que hace -> or eso no tiene que hacer, it is only to act, it is easily done
Hacer que -> to feign, to pretend, to affect
Hágame Vd -> el favor, pray
Haga buen o mal tiempo -> rain or shine
Hacer el pelo a una -> to do somebody’s hair
El ábol hace sombra -> the tree gives shade
No sé que hacer -> I don’t know what to do
La ha hecho buena -> a fine mess he’s made of it
Él protestó y yo hice lo mismo -> he protested and I did the same
Hacer el cuerpo al frío -> to inure the body to cold
Les hice venir -> I made them come
Me lo hizo saber -> he told me it
Éste hace 100 -> this one makes 100. Hacer el tonto, to act the fool
Dar que hacer -> to cause trouble
Está perdido desde hace 15 días -> it’s been lost for a fortnight
Hace poco -> a short while back
Hacer "clic" -> (Inform.) to clic

So with other phrases of time.

Verb Conjugation for "hacer"

Infinitive: hacer

Gerund: haciendo

Participle: hecho

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	hago	hice	hacía	haré	haga
Tú	haces	hiciste	hacías	harás	hagas
Ella/Él/Usted	hace	hizo	hacía	hará	haga
Nosotros	hacemos	hicimos	hacíamos	haremos	hagamos
Vosotros	hacéis	hicisteis	hacíais	haréis	hagáis
Ellos/Ustedes	hacen	hicieron	hacían	harán	hagan

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