What does hacer mean?
hacer means to do, to make in English. It is a irregular stem and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for hacer and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
hacer conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|
| yo |
hago |
hice |
hacía |
haré |
| tú |
haces |
hiciste |
hacías |
harás |
| él / ella / usted |
hace |
hizo |
hacía |
hará |
| nosotros/as |
hacemos |
hicimos |
hacíamos |
haremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
hacen |
hicieron |
hacían |
harán |
Examples with hacer
- Hago la tarea después de clase. I do homework after class.
- Hicimos la cena juntos. We made dinner together.
- Haré más ejercicios mañana. I will do more exercises tomorrow.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate hacer for yo in the present.
- Conjugate hacer for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate hacer for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using hacer in the future.
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