# hacer conjugation

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> *Hacer* is irregular in the present (*hago, haces, hace*) and the preterite (*hice, hiciste, hizo*), and regular elsewhere. It means "to do" or "to make", and it's also the verb for "to make" with food, for the weather (*hace frío*), and for "what are you doing" (*¿qué haces?).*

**Diagram.** hacer changes in two places at once: the present drops the c (hago), and the past is built on a stem of its own (hice, hiciste, hizo).
> A diagram showing the Spanish verb hacer: in the present the c drops from hago, and the preterite is built on a separate stem, hice, hiciste, hizo.
- Forms to learn on their own: present, preterite, hago, haces, hace, hice, hiciste, hizo.
- Forms that follow a pattern: hacer, hacemos, hacen, hicimos · hicieron.
- Two separate changes to hold at once. This is one of the reasons *hacer* is worth learning early even though it's irregular.

**hacer** — to do, to make. *Hago*.

## Present indicative


| Pronoun | hacer | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | hago | AH-goh |
| tú | haces | AH-sehs |
| él / ella / usted | hace | AH-seh |
| nosotros | hacemos | ah-SEH-mohs |
| vosotros | hacéis | ah-SEH-ees |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | hacen | AH-sehn |

The *-c* drops: *hago* for *haco*. Same pattern as *conocer* → *conozco*, *llegar* → *llego*.

## Preterite


| Pronoun | hacer | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | hice | EE-seh |
| tú | hiciste | ee-SEES-teh |
| él / ella / usted | hizo | EE-soh |
| nosotros | hicimos | ee-SEE-mohs |
| vosotros | hicisteis | ee-sees-TAY-ees |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | hicieron | ee-see-EH-rohn |

## Imperfect


| Pronoun | hacer | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | hacía | ah-SEH-ee-ah |
| tú | hacías | ah-SEH-ee-ahs |
| él / ella / usted | hacía | ah-SEH-ee-ah |
| nosotros | hacíamos | ah-SEH-ee-ah-mohs |
| vosotros | hacíais | ah-SEH-ee-ah-ees |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | hacían | ah-SEH-ee-ahn |

## Future, conditional and subjunctive


| Pronoun | Future | Conditional | Pres. subj. | Imp. subj. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| yo | haré | haría | haga | hiciera |
| tú | harás | harías | hagas | hicieras |
| él / ella / usted | hará | haría | haga | hiciera |
| nosotros | haremos | haríamos | hagamos | hiciéramos |
| vosotros | haréis | haríais | hagáis | hicierais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | harán | harían | hagan | hicieran |

## Imperative


| Pronoun | Affirmative | Negative |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tú | haz | no hagas |
| usted | haga | no haga |
| nosotros | hagamos | no hagamos |
| vosotros | haced | no hagáis |
| ustedes | hagan | no hagan |

## What else hacer does

- **Cooking.** *Hacer una tortilla* (to make an omelette). Spanish uses *hacer* for most dishes — *hacemos arroz*.
- **Weather.** *Hace frío* (it's cold), *hace calor* (it's hot), *hace sol* (it's sunny). Literally "it does cold".
- **'What are you doing?'** *¿Qué haces?* — the everyday greeting.
- **'What has happened?'** *¿Qué ha pasado?* and *¿Qué haces aquí?*
- **'Make' with an adjective.** *Hacer caso* (to pay attention), *hacerexercise* — *hacer ejercicio* (to exercise), *hacer la cama* (to make the bed). These are fixed phrases rather than productive patterns.
- **'Do' with a job.** *Hacer la compra* (to do the shopping), *hacer cuentas* (to do the accounts).

**Haz un favor** — *hace* can also mean "it has been" for elapsed time: *hace dos años* (two years ago), *hace mucho que no te veo* (it's been a long time since I saw you).

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## Questions

### Is hacer the same as hacer vs. hacer?

Different question — *hacer* and *hacer* are the same verb. If you meant *hacer* versus *hacer*, they are identical. The common confusion is with *hacer* (to do) versus *tomar* (to take), which covers a lot of ground in Spanish: *tomar café* (to have coffee), *tomar el autobús* (to take the bus), *tomar una decisión* (to make a decision).

### How do you say 'to make' in Spanish?

Usually *hacer*: *hacer una tortilla*, *hacer ejercicio*. For furniture and buildings it's *construir* or *fabricar*, and for a meal you might use *preparar*. With food, Spanish tends toward *hacer* far more than English does toward "make".

### What is the difference between hice and hacía?

*Hice* is the preterite — one completed action (*I did it*, once). *Hacía* is the imperfect — ongoing or habitual (*I used to do it*, or *I was doing it* as something else happened). For *hacer* specifically, the imperfect also covers "I was making": *La estaba haciendo* (I was making it).

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