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hacer

/aˈθeɾ/, [aˈθeɾ]

do, make

Verb hacer (first-person singular present hago, first-person singular preterite hice, past participle hecho)

  1. to do
    ¿Qué haces?
    What are you doing?
    No sé que hago.
    I don't know what I'm doing.
  2. to make (something)
  3. to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
    No sabe cómo hacerla feliz.
    He doesn't know how to make her happy.
    Lo hiciste llorar.
    You made him cry.
  4. (transitive, of the weather) to be
    hace frío
    it's cold
    hace calor
    it's hot
  5. (with de) to play (a part in a play)
  6. (reflexive) to become; to get
    ¡Hazte vegetariano!
    Become vegetarian!
    Me haré rico.
    I will get rich.
  7. (reflexive) to get used to
  8. (reflexive) to sham, dissimulate

Noun hacer m (plural haceres)

  1. doing, action

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Su delirio místico me aburre y no voy a seguir escuchando tantas boludeces, tengo cosas más importantes que hacer.

    His mystical babble bores me, and I am not going to continue listening to such bullshit. I have more important things to do.

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  • Por la mañana siento mucha pereza y no quiero hacer nada.

    During the morning I feel very lazy, I don't want to do anything.

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  • Dime qué hacer.

    Tell me what to do.

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  • Tengo un poquitín de trabajo que hacer esta mañana.

    I have a little bit of work to do this morning.

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  • Yo tampoco lo puedo hacer.

    I can't do it either.

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  • Desafortunadamente, no puedo hacer eso por ti.

    Unfortunately, I can't do that for you.

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  • Podemos hacer lo que queramos.

    We can do whatever we want.

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  • Mejor no hacer nada hoy.

    You had better not do anything today.

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  • ¿Qué te gustaría hacer en el futuro?

    What would you like to do in the future?

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  • Los británicos están acostumbrados a hacer cola.

    British people are used to standing in queues.

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