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fazer
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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)
- reintegrationist spelling of facer
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
References
- “fazer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
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Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish fazer, from Latin facere. Compare Spanish hacer.
Verb
fazer (Hebrew spelling פ׳אזיר)
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
fazer
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Old Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
fazer
Descendants
References
- Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “hacer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 297
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)
- (transitive) to make
- to create; to produce
- A minha mãe fez este vestido para mim. ― My mother made this dress for me.
- Synonyms: produzir, confeccionar
- to do; to execute; to perform
- (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.
- to arrange; to clean up; to tidy
- to cook; to prepare (e.g. food)
- to create; to produce
- (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 bobo ― to play the fool
- (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
- (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.
- (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
- (transitive, impersonal) to pass (said of time)
- Faz duas horas que meu tio chegou. ― Two hours have passed since my uncle arrived.
- (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.
Conjugation
1Brazil only.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:fazer.
Derived terms
- fazer a barba
- fazer amor
- fazer castelos no ar
- fazer cocô (Brazil), fazer cocó
- fazer cu doce
- fazer das tripas coração
- fazer do limão uma limonada
- fazer fita
- fazer horas
- fazer pouco
- fazer sexo
- fazer xixi
- não fazer por menos
Descendants
- Macanese: fazê
Further reading
- “fazer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “fazer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “fazer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “fazer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “fazer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “fazer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Verb
fazer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fize, past participle fecho)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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