Alternative forms

• facer, far, fer, her (archaic)

Etymology

From Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#HACERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#HACER fazer, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#HACERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#HACER facere. The first-person indicative and present subjunctive may have been influenced by Latin agō (compare English gesture), but more likely present voicing of the Latin -c- between vowels, after dropping the -i-; for example: *facō; *facam; et cetera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθeɾ/ [aˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#HACERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#HACER
• IPA^(key): /aˈseɾ/ [aˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#HACERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#HACER

• Audio (Peru):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#HACER
• Rhymes: -eɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ#HACERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/2 syllables#HACER
• Syllabification: ha‧cer

Verb

hacer (first-person singular present hago, first-person singular preterite hice, past participle hecho)Category:Spanish lemmas#HACERCategory:Spanish verbs#HACERCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -er#HACERCategory:Spanish irregular verbs#HACERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#HACERCategory:Pages with entries#HACERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HACER

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER) to do

   ¿Qué haces? ― What are you doing?Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   No sé que hago. ― I don't know what I'm doing.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Prefiero no hacerlo ― I prefer not to do it.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER) to make (something)

   Empecemos a hacer el pastel. ― Let's start making the cake.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. ― She liked to make pleasant poems.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

3. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER) to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)

   No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. ― He doesn't know how to make her happy.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. ― You made him cry.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

4. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER, idiomaticCategory:Spanish idioms#HACER, of the weather) to be

   Synonym: estar

   hace frío ― it's coldCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hace calor ― it's hotCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hace sol ― it's sunnyCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hace viento ― it's windyCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

5. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER) to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))

   hacer pis, pipí, el número uno ― to peeCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hacer caca, pupú, el número dos ― to pooCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

6. (ambitransitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACERCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#HACER, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)

   hacer la princesa ― to play the princessCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hacer de princesa ― to play a princessCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hacer de Óscar ― to play (the character of) OscarCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

7. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#HACER, ambitransitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACERCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#HACER) to become; to get

   Synonym: volverse

   ¡Hazte vegetariano! ― Become vegetarian!Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Me haré rico. ― I will get rich.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. ― That boy became a real man.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

8. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#HACER, ambitransitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACERCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#HACER) to pretend being, play

   hacerse el tonto ― to pretend being a fool, play the foolCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   hacerse la víctima ― to play the victimCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

   Haceos los sofisticados si queréis, en cualquier caso nadie os cree.

   You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

9. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#HACER, ArgentinaCategory:Argentine Spanish#HACER) ellipsis of hacerse el tontoCategory:Spanish ellipses#HACER

   No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. ― Don't play the fool, you know what you did.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

10. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#HACER, transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#HACER) to prep, adorn, do (a body part)

    hacerse las uñas ― to do one's nailsCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

11. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#HACER, intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#HACER with a) to get used to (chiefly in idioms)

    El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. ― The body gets used to tiredness.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

    El caballo se hace al fuego. ― A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias).Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

12. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#HACER) to arrive (said of a certain time), be now

    Se hace tarde. ― It's getting late.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

    Se hicieron las doce. ― It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

Noun

hacer m (plural haceres)Category:Spanish lemmas#HACERCategory:Spanish nouns#HACERCategory:Spanish countable nouns#HACERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#HACERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#HACERCategory:Pages with entries#HACERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HACER

1. task, action

   Synonyms: quehacer, acción

   Nos quedan muchos haceres.

   We have a lot of tasks left.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#HACER

Further reading

• “hacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “hacer”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• “hacer”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010