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fazer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • blunder noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  • cause noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  • develop verb To grow or change gradually into a more advanced state.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • fashion noun Popular styles of clothing and appearance at a given time, or the industry built around them.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.
  • pack noun A bundle of things wrapped or tied together for carrying, or a bag carried on the back.
  • perform verb To carry out an action or task.
  • prepare verb To make something or someone ready for a particular purpose or event.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
  • work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.

Senses

fazer is used for these senses in English:

  • be (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
  • blunder (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]
  • cause (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  • develop (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
  • do (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
  • do (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • do (ambitransitive) To suffice.
  • do (transitive) To cook.

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

blunder — full definition

  1. noun A careless or embarrassing mistake.
  2. verb To make a careless, serious mistake.

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