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Galician

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present fago or faço, first-person singular preterite figem or fiz, past participle feito, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of facer

Conjugation

References

  • fazer”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish fazer, from Latin facere. Compare Spanish hacer.

Verb

fazer (Hebrew spelling פ׳אזיר)

  1. (Thessaloniki, dialectal) to make
    Synonym: (Istanbul, Izmir dialect) azer
  2. (Thessaloniki, dialectal) to do
    Synonym: (Istanbul, Izmir dialect) azer

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɾ

Verb

fazer

  1. to do, make
  2. to create; to produce

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Fala: fel, ficel
  • Galician: facer
  • Portuguese: fazer

Further reading

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin facere.

Pronunciation

Verb

fazer

  1. to do
  2. to make

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere. Compare Galician facer, Spanish hacer, Italian fare.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present faço, first-person singular preterite fiz, past participle feito)

  1. (transitive) to make
    1. to create; to produce
      A minha mãe fez este vestido para mim.My mother made this dress for me.
      Synonyms: produzir, confeccionar
    2. to do; to execute; to perform
      Aquele homem fez um crime terrível.That man committed a horrible crime.
      Respondi fazendo um gesto afirmativo.I answered by making an affirmative gesture.
      Synonyms: executar, realizar, praticar
    3. (auxiliary) to cause to [with infinitive ‘to do something’ and direct object ‘object made to do something’]
      A explosão fez cair alguns prédios.The explosion made some buildings fall.
    4. to arrange; to clean up; to tidy
      fiz a cama hoje.I've already made my bed today.
      Synonyms: arrumar, organizar
    5. to cook; to prepare (e.g. food)
      Fizemos o almoço juntos!We made lunch together!
      Synonyms: preparar, cozinhar
  2. (intransitive) to play; to pretend to be [with de ‘someone’]
    Eu fiz de João e a minha irmã fez de Maria.I played Hansel and my sister played Gretel.
    fazer-se de boboto play the fool
  3. (transitive) to turn; to reach an age; to have a birthday
    Ambos fizeram quinze anos no mês passado.Both turned fifteen last month.
    Synonym: completar
  4. (transitive) to sell (something) [with por ‘for a given price’] (usually to make cheaper in a bargain)
    Se comprar dois, faço por trinta dólares.If you buy two, I can sell them for thirty dollars.
  5. (transitive) to attend a course (academic or not), to study
    Eu faço química.I study chemistry (at university).
    Estou a fazer inglês. / Estou fazendo inglês.I'm taking an English course.
    Synonym: (Brazil) cursar
  6. (transitive, impersonal) to pass (said of time)
    Faz duas horas que meu tio chegou.Two hours have passed since my uncle arrived.
  7. (transitive, impersonal) to be; to occur (said of a weather phenomenon)
    Aqui faz sempre sol.It’s always sunny here.

Usage notes

  • When related to weather or the passage of time, the verb fazer is impersonal in standard usage, and therefore cannot take a subject. It is also not inflected for number or person: it is used in the singular third-person form:
Faz duas horas.Two hours have passed.
Faz três segundos.Three seconds have passed.
Faz cinquenta anos.Fifty years have passed.
If not impersonal, it is conjugated normally. This happens because the third-person neuter singular is normally only implied (for demonstrative pronouns, see isto and aquilo).

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fazer.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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Spanish

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fize, past participle fecho)

  1. obsolete spelling of hacer

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