fazer
Portuguese, verb/faˈze(ʁ)/
fazer is spelled F-A-Z-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1,514 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 64th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fazer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to create; to produce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar existência ou forma a”.
What does fazer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to create; to produce
A minha mãe fez este vestido para mim.
- 2
to do; to execute; to perform
Aquele homem fez um crime terrível.
- 3
to cause to
A explosão fez cair alguns prédios.
- 4
to arrange; to clean up; to tidy
Já fiz a cama hoje.
- 5
to cook; to prepare (e.g. food)
Fizemos o almoço juntos!
- 6
to play; to pretend to be
Eu fiz de João e a minha irmã fez de Maria.
- 7
to turn; to reach an age; to have a birthday
Ambos fizeram quinze anos no mês passado.
- 8
to sell (something) [with por ‘for a given price’] (usually to make cheaper in a bargain)
Se comprar dois, faço por trinta dólares.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar existência ou forma a 2. executar uma ação 3. conceder (graça ou mercê) 4. consumir, comer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fazer
- faço first-person present singular
- fiz first-person preterite singular
- feito participle past
- fazeres infinitive second-person singular
- fazermos first-person infinitive plural
- fazerdes infinitive plural second-person
- fazerem infinitive plural third-person
- fazendo gerund
- feitos masculine participle past
- feita feminine participle past
- feitas feminine participle past
- fazes indicative present second-person
- faz indicative present singular
- fazemos first-person indicative plural
- fazeis indicative plural present
- fazem indicative plural present
- fazia first-person imperfect indicative
- fazias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fazer?
- Brazil /faˈze(ʁ)/
- Brazil [faˈze(h)]
- /faˈze(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fazer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fazer in Portuguese?
fazer appears 1,514 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).