English
Etymology
From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make + friends.
Verb
make friends (third-person singular simple present makes friends, present participle making friends, simple past and past participle made friends)
- (intransitive) To form friendships with others.
- He hasn't made friends easily at his new school.
- (construed with with) To befriend.
- He made friends with his new neighbour.
Usage notes
- If two or more people are said to make friends, it means that they have all become friends with each other.
Synonyms
Translations
to create friendships
- Bulgarian: сприятеля́вам се (sprijateljávam se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結交／结交 (zh) (jiéjiāo), 结交 (zh) (jiéjiāo), 交友 (zh) (jiāoyǒu), 交友 (zh) (jiāoyǒu), 交朋友 (zh) (jiāo péngyǒu)
- Wu: 軋朋友／轧朋友, 轧朋友 (gaq ban hhieu)
- Dutch: bevriend raken
- Estonian: sõbrunema
- Finnish: saada ystäviä
- French: se faire des amis, se lier d’amitié
- German: Freunde finden, sich anfreuden
- Hungarian: barátkozik (hu), összebarátkozik (hu)
- Japanese: 友達になる (ja) (ともだちになる, tomodachi ni naru), 味方になる (みかたになる, mikata ni naru)
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- Maori: whakahoa
- Polish: zaprzyjaźniać się (pl) impf, zaprzyjaźnić się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: fazer amigos
- Russian: подружи́ться (ru) pf (podružítʹsja), дружи́ть (ru) impf (družítʹ) (also: "be friends")
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пријатељевати се
- Roman: prijateljevati se (sh)
- Slovak: spriateliť sa
- Spanish: hacer amigos, amistar (es)
- Vietnamese: kết bạn (vi)
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to befriend, to become closer
