faire

Significado

1. to do
2. to make
3. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
4. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
5. to act like (something)
6. to be (of the weather or various situations)
7. to do, to make (oneself)
8. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
9. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
10. to become used to, to get used to
11. (slang) to do (to have sex with)
12. (informal) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
13. to become, to get
14. to set a price, put a price tag (on), sell

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɛʁ/

Etimoloxía

From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin facere. The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit...) originated in the Latin form fēcī, with metaphony (*/ˈfed͡zi/ > */ˈfit͡s/).

Oracións

Je puis faire du bruit ?

May I make some noise?

Que vais-je faire ?

What am I going to do?

Mais je n’ai rien dit pour vous faire du tort .

But I didn't say anything to hurt you.

Il avait pour objectif d'en faire un stade de places .

His goal was to make it a stadium of places.

Vous avez une raison pour faire , de gaîté de cœur , une telle révélation .

You have a reason to gaiety of heart, such a revelation.

Sa mission est de faire régner l'ordre.

Its mission is to maintain order.

Il s'agit de faire un état des lieux et de remettre des propositions .

It is a question of making an inventory and submitting proposals.

Le spectateur peut y voir Julia Roberts y faire ses emplettes .

The viewer can see Julia Roberts shopping there.