español · A1 · verb · 4 minutes
Hacer in the present
Handle doing, making, weather, and common fixed expressions.
Understand the choice
Hacer covers tasks, creation, weather, and many fixed expressions. Attach each form to a common noun instead of forcing a separate Spanish verb for English do and make.
Core rule: Hacer means both to do and to make; only the present yo form is irregular: hago.
Notice it in context
Hago la cena y hacemos café.
I make dinner and we make coffee.
Hago has irregular g; hacemos returns to the regular stem and ending.
¿Qué haces los sábados?
What do you do on Saturdays?
Haces asks about a familiar person's routine.
Hace buen tiempo hoy.
The weather is good today.
Impersonal weather uses the third-person form hace.
What to remember
- Hacer la compra means to do the shopping.
- Hacer una pregunta means to ask a question.
Common trap: Do not translate every English make with hacer; decisions use tomar una decisión, for example.