hace
Spanish, preposition
hace is spelled H-A-C-E (4 letters) and appears 1,072 times per million words in written Spanish, the 71st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hace is a Spanish preposition meaning “ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of hacer. With an accent, hacé is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of hacer”.
What does hace mean in English?
preposition
- 1
ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.)
Él nos visitó hace tres años.
- 2
in, it has been...since (a past period of time)
Hace un mes que no te veo.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of hacer
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of hacer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
English words that translate to hace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hace in Spanish?
hace appears 1,072 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).