to do
To carry out an activity or task.
O que você faz no fim de semana?
What do you do on the weekend?
to make
To create or prepare something.
Eu faço café de manhã.
I make coffee in the morning.
to be (weather)
impersonalTo describe weather or temperature without a personal subject.
- beimpersonal
Faz calor aqui no verão.
It is hot here in summer.
Do or make?
Portuguese uses fazer for many situations where English chooses between do and make. Learn the whole combination: fazer uma pergunta means to ask a question, not to make a question. For weather and elapsed time, impersonal fazer stays singular: faz dois anos.
Conjugation
Explore the conjugation of fazer.
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