Etymology
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From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make + friends.
make friends (third-person singular simple present makes friends, present participle making friends, simple past and past participle made friends)
- (intransitive) To form friendships with others.
- He hasn't made friends easily at his new school.
- (construed with with) To befriend.
- He made friends with his new neighbour.
- I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.
- Sara and I made friends right away.
Usage notes
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- If two or more people are said to make friends, it means that they have all become friends with each other.
Synonyms
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Translations
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to create friendships
- Armenian: ընկերանալ (hy) (ənkeranal)
- Belarusian: пасябрава́ць pf (pasjabravácʹ), пасябры́цца pf (pasjabrýcca), падружы́ць pf (padružýcʹ), падружы́цца pf (padružýcca), папрыя́зніцца pf (papryjáznicca)
- Bulgarian: сприятеля́вам се (sprijateljávam se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結交／结交 (zh) (jiéjiāo), 交友 (zh) (jiāoyǒu), 交朋友 (zh) (jiāo péngyǒu)
- Wu: 軋朋友／轧朋友
- Czech: spřátelit se pf
- Dutch: bevriend raken
- Estonian: sõbrunema
- Finnish: saada ystäviä
- French: se faire des amis, se lier d’amitié
- German: Freunde finden, sich anfreunden (de)
- Hungarian: barátkozik (hu), barátokat szerez/talál, barátságokat köt
- Irish: déan cairdeas
- Italian: fare amicizia
- Japanese: 友達になる (ja) (ともだちになる, tomodachi ni naru), 味方になる (ja) (みかたになる, mikata ni naru)
- Korean: 친구를 사귀다 (chin'gureul sagwida)
- Latin: amīcum parāre (male sg.), amīcam parāre (female sg.), amīcōs parāre (male pl.)
- Maori: whakahoa, tauhoa
- Old English: frīend wyrċan
- Polish: zaprzyjaźniać się impf, zaprzyjaźnić się pf
- Portuguese: fazer amigos
- Romanian: a se împrieteni cu (ro)
- Russian: подружи́ться (ru) pf (podružítʹsja), дружи́ть (ru) impf (družítʹ) (also: "be friends"), сдружи́ться (ru) pf (sdružítʹsja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спријатељити се
- Roman: sprijateljiti se (sh)
- Slovak: spriateliť sa
- Spanish: hacer amigos, amistar (es)
- Turkish: arkadaş edinmek
- Ukrainian: подружи́тися pf (podružýtysja), здружи́тися pf (združýtysja), подружи́ти pf (podružýty), заприятелюва́ти pf (zapryjateljuváty), поприятелюва́ти pf (popryjateljuváty), заприязни́тися pf (zapryjaznýtysja), затоваришува́ти pf (zatovaryšuváty)
- Vietnamese: kết bạn (vi)
- Zazaki: embaz biyen
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to befriend, to become closer
