fazer

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 (2014).

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin facere (“to do; to make”), from Proto-Italic *fakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, impose, do, make, place, set”). Cognate with Old Spanish facer.

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

• Universo Cantigas - "fazer"

Old Spanish

Verb

fazer

1. Alternative spelling of facer

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere (“to do; to make”), from Proto-Italic *fakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, impose, do, make, place, set”). Compare Galician facer, Spanish hacer, French faire, and Italian fare.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

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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 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)

      Fizemos o almoço juntos! ― We made lunch together!

      Synonyms: preparar, cozinhar

2. (transitive with de) to play; to pretend to be

   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

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. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por) to sell 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)

   Estou a fazer 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

• Macanese: fazê

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, 2003–2024.
• “fazer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “fazer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Verb

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

1. Obsolete spelling of hacer