għamel

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Maltese

Root
għ-m-l
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

Verb

għamel (imperfect jagħmel, past participle magħmul, verbal noun għamil)

  1. to do, to make
    Synonym: (obsolete) fagħal
    Il-mastrudaxxa qed tagħmel sodda. ― The carpenter is making a bed.
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
      Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
      u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
      ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
      qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to make (somebody do something)
    Synonym: ġiegħel
  3. to happen
  4. to organise
    Synonyms: tella’, organizza
    Il-kappillan se jagħmel ħarġa għat-tfal.
    The parish priest is going to organise an outing for children.
  5. to spend (time)
    Għamilna sena Ljubljana u sena oħra Madrid.
    We spent one year in Ljubljana and another year in Madrid.
  6. to leak, to spring
  7. to perform
  8. to play (act in a performance)
    Tagħmilha t’inġiniera f’dal-film.
    She is playing the role of an engineer in this movie.
  9. to like very much
    Tagħmel għall-imqarrun. ― She likes macaroni very much.
  10. to place, to put
    Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, tefa’
    Agħmlu hemm. ― Put it there.
  11. to bear fruit
    Ix-xogħol qed jagħmel ħafna frott. ― The labour is bearing fruit.
  12. to cultivate
  13. to wet
  14. to consider, to believe
    • 1986, Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino, chapter VIII, in Barunissa Maltija, page 51:
      [...] l-istorja ta’ xi gwerrier li ommu u niesu kienu għamlu mejjet [...]
      the story of a warrior whose mother and people considered him to be dead
  15. to do (something)
    Ma tapprezzax dak kollu li għamilt miegħek.
    You don’t appreciate everything I did for you.
  16. to fall under
    Iż-Żurrieq jagħmel mal-ħames distrett elettorali.
    Żurrieq falls under the fifth electoral district.
  17. to attack
    Synonyms: attakka, ħebb
    Ix-xufier ħareġ mill-karozza u għamel għall-passiġġier.
    The driver got out of the car and attacked the passenger.
  18. to imitate
    Għala qed tagħmel bħali? ― Why are you imitating me?
  19. to do a favour or wrong
    Għamilna pjaċir lill-ġenituri tagħna. ― We did our parents a favour.
  20. to pretend
    Għamilha tabirruħu marid. ― He pretended to be sick.
  21. to make it
    Għamilha! ― He made it!

Conjugation

Conjugation of għamel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għamilt għamilt għamel għamilna għamiltu għamlu
f għamlet
imperfect m nagħmel tagħmel jagħmel nagħmlu tagħmlu jagħmlu
f tagħmel
imperative agħmel agħmlu
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