¿Hacer qué?
Do what?
The bare dictionary form asks about the task itself, and when you are the one doing it, it turns into hago.
From Cuestión de honor · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "do" in Spanish
hacer
verbirregularyo form: hago
"To do" in Spanish is hacer, and the same verb also means "to make". The h is silent, so it starts with an ah sound. Only the yo form breaks the pattern: hago, I do.
Hear "hacer" in real movie scenes
A short question and a firm no. Each video starts and stops on that line.
No pueden hacer eso.
They can't do that.
In this ban, the verb in front changes to pueden while hacer stays in its dictionary form.
From Parque jurásico · Spanish audio
Hacer in the present tense
Only the yo form breaks the regular -er pattern.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| yo hago | I do |
| tú haces | you do |
| él, ella, usted hace | he does, she does, you do (formal) |
| nosotros hacemos | we do |
| vosotros hacéis | you all do (Spain) |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes hacen | they do, you all do |
Tip: Hace also talks about weather and time: Hace calor means it's hot, and hace dos años means two years ago.
Grammar: hacer, hago, haces
Four points that cover most everyday uses.
Do and make in one verb
hacer la cama (make the bed), hacer los deberes (do homework). Spanish uses hacer for both English verbs.Yo hago
The yo form is irregular: hago. The other forms follow the -er pattern: haces, hace, hacemos, hacen.No helper do
English builds questions with do. Spanish doesn't: ¿Hablas español? Do you speak Spanish? No trabajo. I don't work.Infinitive after another verb
After tengo que, puedo or voy a, keep the form hacer: Voy a hacer la cena.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
hacer
to do, to make
¿Hacer qué?
Do what?
No pueden hacer eso.
They can't do that.
¿Cuánto cuesta hacer esto?
How much does it cost to make this?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗yo haco
✓yo hago
The yo form ends in -go. The c only appears in the other forms.
✗preguntar una pregunta
✓hacer una pregunta
To ask a question, Spanish uses hacer with pregunta.
✗hacer una decisión
✓tomar una decisión
English makes a decision, but Spanish takes one with tomar.
Real conversation: plans for tomorrow
A short dialog with a friend after a long day out. Tap to listen.
You and a friend have already been to lots of places today. Now you're planning where to go tomorrow.
Pues... ¿qué hacer mañana?
So... what should we do tomorrow?
¡Vale! Yo digo el mercado.
Okay! I say the market.
¡Ah! Yo también. O sea, allí mañana.
Oh! Me too. So, there tomorrow.
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How to remember it
Hacer sounds like "ah, sir", the reply of a butler who will do anything you ask.
Questions about "do" in Spanish
How do you say do in Spanish?
Hacer, which also means to make. I do is hago, and you do is haces.
How do you say "What are you doing?" in Spanish?
¿Qué haces? For what someone is doing right this moment, you can also say ¿Qué estás haciendo?
How do you say "do" in a question like "Do you speak Spanish?"
Leave it out. Spanish has no helper verb for questions: ¿Hablas español? Only the question marks and your tone change.
How do you pronounce hacer?
ah-SEHR in Latin America, with a silent h. In most of Spain the c sounds like the th in think: ah-THEHR.
