fazer

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin facere; compare Spanish hacer.

Verb

fazer (Latin spelling)

1. To make
2. To do

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō (“I do; I make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fa.ˈzeɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA: /fa.ˈze(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /fa.ˈze(ɻ)/, /fa.ˈze(ɾ)/
• (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.ˈzeɾ/
• Hyphenation: fa‧zer

Verb

fazer (first-person singular present indicative faço, past participle feito)

1. (transitive) to make, to create, to produce

   A minha mãe fez este vestido para mim. — “My mother made that dress for me.”

2. (transitive) to do, to execute, to perform

   Aquele homem fez um crime terrível. — “That man did an horrible crime.”

   Eu respondi, fazendo um gesto afirmativo. — “I answered, doing an affirmative gesture.”

3. (transitive) to cause by force

   A explosão fez cair alguns prédios. — “The explosion caused some buildings to fall.”

4. (transitive) to represent

   Eu fiz de João, a minha irmã fez de Maria. — “I represented Hansel, my sister represented Gretel.”

5. (transitive) to arrange, to clean up, to tidy

   Já fiz a cama hoje. — “I already arranged the bed today.”

6. (transitive) to cook, to prepare, to fix

   Nós fizemos o almoço juntos! — “We prepared the dinner together!”

7. (transitive) to turn; to reach an age; to have a birthday

   Os gêmeos fizeram quinze anos mês passado. — “The twins turned fifteen last month.”

8. (transitive) to change price of a product, usually to make cheaper in a bargain

   Se você comprar dois, faço por trinta dólares. — “If you buy two, I can sell them for thirty dollars.”

9. (transitive, impersonal) to pass time

   Faz duas horas que meu tio chegou. — “Two hours have passed since my uncle arrived.”

10. (transitive, impersonal) to be; to occur a weather phenomenon

    Aqui sempre faz sol. — “Here is always sunny.”

11. First-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of fazer
12. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) future subjunctive of fazer

Usage notes

When related to weather or passage of time, the verb fazer is impersonal, therefore cannot take a subject. It is also not inflected to number or person: it is always used on the singular third-person form:

• Faz duas horas. — “Two hours have passed.”
• Faz três segundos. — “Three seconds have passed.”
• Faz cinquenta anos. — “Fifty years have passed.”

If not impersonal, it is conjugated normally.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb fazer

Notes:

• This is an irregular abundant verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: afazer, contrafazer, desfazer, fazer, liquefazer, perfazer, rarefazer, refazer, satisfazer.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fazer
Personal	fazer	fazeres	fazer	fazermos	fazerdes	fazerem
Gerund
	fazendo
Past participle
Masculine	feito			feitos
Feminine	feita			feitas
Indicative
Present	faço	fazes	faz	fazemos	fazeis	fazem
Imperfect	fazia	fazias	fazia	fazíamos	fazíeis	faziam
Preterite	fiz	fizeste	fez	fizemos	fizestes	fizeram
Pluperfect	fizera	fizeras	fizera	fizéramos	fizéreis	fizeram
Future	farei	farás	fará	faremos	fareis	farão
Conditional	faria	farias	faria	faríamos	faríeis	fariam
Subjunctive
Present	faça	faças	faça	façamos	façais	façam
Imperfect	fizesse	fizesses	fizesse	fizéssemos	fizésseis	fizessem
Future	fizer	fizeres	fizer	fizermos	fizerdes	fizerem
Imperative
Affirmative	faça	faze faz	faça	façamos	fazei	façam
Negative (não)	faça	faças	faça	façamos	façais	façam

Synonyms

• (to create): criar, gerar, produzir
• (to perform): praticar
• (to cook): cozinhar
• (to arrange): arrumar

Derived terms

• fazer a barba
• fazer das tripas coração
• fazer fita
• fazer pouco
• não fazer por menos