Verb · irregular
hacer
to do, to make
The thing that catches people out
hace also runs the weather and time: hace frío is it is cold, hace dos años is two years ago. The verb is doing work English gives to it is and ago.
Present
What happens, and what is happening now.
| yo | hago | |
| tú | haces | |
| él, ella, usted | hace | |
| nosotros | hacemos | |
| ellos, ustedes | hacen | |
| vosotros, Spain only | hacéis |
Preterite, the finished past
Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.
| yo | hice | |
| tú | hiciste | |
| él, ella, usted | hizo | |
| nosotros | hicimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | hicieron | |
| vosotros, Spain only | hicisteis |
Imperfect, the background past
What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.
| yo | hacía | |
| tú | hacías | |
| él, ella, usted | hacía | |
| nosotros | hacíamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | hacían | |
| vosotros, Spain only | hacíais |
Future
Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.
| yo | haré | |
| tú | harás | |
| él, ella, usted | hará | |
| nosotros | haremos | |
| ellos, ustedes | harán | |
| vosotros, Spain only | haréis |
Present perfect
Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.
| yo | he hecho | |
| tú | has hecho | |
| él, ella, usted | ha hecho | |
| nosotros | hemos hecho | |
| ellos, ustedes | han hecho | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habéis hecho |
Other forms
The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.
| -ing form | haciendo | |
| participle | hecho | |
| command, to tú | haz | |
| command, to usted | haga |
In a sentence
¿qué haces?
what are you doing?
hace calor
it is hot