IR + Hacer

Question

I just saw a very unusual example in my dictionary today .. which I was unable to draw much sense out of ... in the example the verbs ir and hacer are used in tandem ,, I have stated the example with it's English translation below :

Siempre va hecho un desastre..

He always looks a mess..

I know the english translation provided in the dictionary is not word for word so it doesn't help me much to understand the dynamics behind the use of Ir and Hacer together ..

If I try translating it word for word .. it would be something like this : "He always goes made a disaster ... doesn't make much sense to me thiw way .. So please help ..

Regards Jimmy

Answer 1

How about:

He always goes around like a disaster/dressed as a hobo etc...

Thanks Chileno, that sure makes sense .. the shortest but the best answer .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 27, 2015

Answer 2

Significa ir hecho un Cristo. Es a decir sucio, mal vestido. A walking disaster perhaps, in English.

This frase exist, I didn't invent it. No estoy haciendo el sueco, no. - annierats, Jan 25, 2015

Thanks Annie :) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 25, 2015

Well, I have no idea why Christ would have been thought particularily dirty or ill dressed??? Information welcome! - annierats, Jan 25, 2015

Annie, makes no sense to me either unless the idiom was just coined by someone who didn't like Christanity and was trying to slur /verbally attack / insult Christ and his followers - FELIZ77, Jan 25, 2015

I think it i an old idiom, Feliz, very old. - annierats, Jan 26, 2015

I think it alludes to the condition of Christ on the day of the crucifixion. - AnnRon, Jan 27, 2015

Yes, I think you may beright, Ann. - annierats, Jan 27, 2015

Answer 3

This word pairing doesn´t always have to mean waliking, but just a nuance of not sitting around, doing nothing, ie: Estoy bien cansado el día de hoy, por eso ando hecho un tarugo. You could say this while sitting and eating a meal.

Or simply: Ando bien cansado el día de hoy.

Thanks JC :) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 27, 2015

Answer 4

Some things just don't translate word for word some do.

Son las dos y media. - They are the two and half. - It's two thirty . Everyone learning Spanish needs to understand this and word for word does not work.

Google "ir hecho, va hecho, etc" to get some more examples of how it is used.

Él fue hecho un desastre pero ahora no más. - He looked a mess but not any more.

Also, your question is again at the top of the list and maybe someone that can be of more help will see it.

Note: when searching keep in mind that the verbs "ser" and "ir" share some conjugated forms. fue hecho - was made and became - is "ser hecho".

Él fue hecho un desastre. - He became a mess.

I know that ser and ir share the conjugated forms ,,but that is only in preterit and imperfect subjunctive ,, the conjugation in my example is present indicative and thus can't be the conjugation of ser - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 27, 2015