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What Does "¿Qué Hace?" Mean?

¿Qué hace?= What is he/she/it doing? or What are you doing?

• ¿Qué hace? is the way to ask what a third person (he, she, it) or second person (you) does or is doing.

• ¿Qué hace tu hermano? - Es ingeniero

What does your brother do? - He's an engineer.

• ¿Qué hace tu mamá? - Es doctora.

What does your mom do? - She's a doctor.

• ¿Qué hace tu abuelo en la cocina? - Está buscando algo.

What's your grandfather doing in the kitchen? - He's looking for something.

• ¿Usted qué hace? - Soy escritora.

What do you do? - I'm a writer.

¿Qué hace? is often used as a funny way to greet someone in phrases like* Hola, ¿qué hace? ¿Durmiendo o qué hace* (literally Hey, what're you doing? Sleeping or what're you doing?)

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You'll also see this phrase in memes featuring a llama asking questions like that shown above, although with incorrect spelling and punctuation:* Ola k ase? Durmiendo o k ase?* Much like* LOLcats*, apparently the Llama ola k ase (the Ola K Ase Llama) doesn't know how to spell.

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Try out a few sentences using this phrase in both languages.

:) - ian-hill, Aug 20, 2017

Answer 1

Un geólogo "geologuea" del verbo "geologuear"

I can't do it in English because I can't think up an equivalent English verb. ---Geologizes???

(I know, this word will never make it into the DRAE. )

I guess he is testing the rocks using about six different testing methods to determine their content . - ray76, Aug 20, 2017

I hope that nobody is taking my made up verb seriously. (Big sigh!) - Daniela2041, Aug 20, 2017

This guy is standing on a lava bed and checking the hardness of the hot stuff with his hammer. - Daniela2041, Aug 20, 2017

It's not a real verb? I understood it. Could we perhaps odebrechtar the Royal Academy to include it? - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Aug 20, 2017

¡Gosh! It looks like dinosaur diarrhea. - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Aug 20, 2017

Answer 2

¿Qué hace un antropólogo?

What does an anthropologist do?

I think that the young lady is an anthropologist, not an geologist. - Daniela2041, Aug 20, 2017

I realised that also although it des not necessarily follow just because she is looking at a skull. But I will change it for you F Y S . - ray76, Aug 20, 2017

There you go ! Ahora somos todos honestos. - ray76, Aug 20, 2017

Answer 3

Qué hace este hombre ?

Este hombre va a pintar la habitación.

What does this man do?

This man is going to paint the room.

It's "va a" not "voy a". - NKM1974, Aug 20, 2017

Your picture disappeared. - Daniela2041, Aug 20, 2017

I could not get the other one up Kat , is this one O K for you ? - ray76, Aug 20, 2017

Gracias Nkm - porcupine7, Aug 20, 2017

Thanks Ray , you are very nice and helpful as always. - porcupine7, Aug 20, 2017

@porcupine7, ¡De nada! - NKM1974, Aug 20, 2017