fazer

Galician

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite figem, past participle feito)

1. Alternative form of facer

References

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish facer; compare Spanish hacer.

Verb

fazer (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פ׳אזיר‎)

1. (Thessaloniki, dialectal) to make

   Synonym: (Istanbul, Izmir dialect) azer

2. (Thessaloniki, dialectal) to do

   Synonym: (Istanbul, Izmir dialect) azer

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Old Spanish

Verb

fazer

1. Alternative spelling of facer

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō (“I do; I make”), from Proto-Italic *fakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, impose, do, make, place, set”). Compare Spanish hacer, French faire, Italian fare.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /faˈze(ʁ)/, [faˈze(h)]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /faˈze(ʁ)/, [faˈze(h)]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /faˈze(ɾ)/, [faˈze(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /faˈze(ʁ)/, [faˈze(χ)]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /fɐˈzeɾ/, [fɐˈzeɾ]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈze(r)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐˈze(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: fa‧zer

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

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Verb

fazer (first-person singular present indicative faço, 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.

      Eu respondi fazendo um gesto afirmativo. ― I answered by making an affirmative gesture.

      Synonyms: executar, realizar, praticar

   3. (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive as the second object) to cause to

      A explosão fez cair alguns prédios. ― The explosion made some buildings fall.

   4. to arrange; to clean up; to tidy

      Já fiz a cama hoje. ― I've already made my bed today.

      Synonyms: arrumar, organizar

   5. to cook; to prepare (e.g. food)

      Nós fizemos o almoço juntos! ― We made lunch together!

      Synonyms: preparar, cozinhar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to play; to pretend to be

   Eu fiz-me de João, a minha irmã fez-se de Maria. ― I played Hansel, my sister played Gretel.

   fazer-se de bobo ― to play the fool

3. (transitive) to turn; to reach an age; to have a birthday

   Os gêmeos fizeram quinze anos no mês passado. ― The twins turned fifteen last month.

   Synonym: completar

4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por) to sell for a given price (usually to make cheaper in a bargain)

   Se você 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)

   Faço inglês. ― I take an English course.

   Synonym: 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

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb fazer

Notes:[edit] This is an irregular abundant verb of the -er group. Verbs with this conjugation include: afazer, contrafazer, desfazer, fazer, liquefazer, perfazer, rarefazer, refazer, satisfazer.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fazer
Personal	fazer	fazeres	fazer	fazermos	fazerdes	fazerem
Gerund
	fazendo
Past participle
Masculine	feito			feitos
Feminine	feita			feitas
Indicative
Present	faço	fazes	faz	fazemos	fazeis	fazem
Imperfect	fazia	fazias	fazia	fazíamos	fazíeis	faziam
Preterite	fiz	fizeste	fez	fizemos	fizestes	fizeram
Pluperfect	fizera	fizeras	fizera	fizéramos	fizéreis	fizeram
Future	farei	farás	fará	faremos	fareis	farão
Conditional
	faria	farias	faria	faríamos	faríeis	fariam
Subjunctive
Present	faça	faças	faça	façamos	façais	façam
Imperfect	fizesse	fizesses	fizesse	fizéssemos	fizésseis	fizessem
Future	fizer	fizeres	fizer	fizermos	fizerdes	fizerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	faz	faça	façamos	fazei	façam
Negative (não)	-	faças	faça	façamos	façais	façam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fazer.

Derived terms

• fazer a barba
• fazer cocô
• fazer das tripas coração
• fazer fita
• fazer horas
• fazer pouco
• fazer sexo
• fazer xixi
• não fazer por menos

 

Further reading

• “fazer” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “fazer” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “fazer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fazer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
• “fazer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “fazer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present fazo, first-person singular preterite fazí, past participle fazido)

1. Obsolete spelling of hacer