facer
See also: Facer
English
Etymology
face + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
Noun
facer (plural facers)
- An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193, page 6:
- “You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.
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- (obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
- (obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
- 1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, OCLC 1079188784, page lvi:
- I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.
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Anagrams
- farce
Asturian
Alternative forms
- fer
- faer
- ḥacer
Etymology
From Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō (“I do, I make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈθeɾ/, [faˈθeɾ]
Verb
facer
- to make
- to do
Conjugation
| Impersonal forms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | facer/faer | ||||||
| Gerund | faciendo/fayendo | ||||||
| Past participle | fechu | ||||||
| Personal forms | |||||||
| yo | tu | él~elli/-a/-o | nosotros/-es~nós | vosotros/-es~vós | ellos/-es | ||
| Indicative | Present | fago faigo | faes | fai | facemos faemos | facéis faéis | faen |
| Imperfect preterite | facía faía | facíes faíes | facía faía | facíamos facíemos facíamos faíemos | facíais facíeis faíais faíeis | facíen faíen | |
| Perfect preterite | fici fixi | ficisti ficesti fixisti fixesti | fizo fixo | ficimos ficiemos fiximos fixemos | ficistis ficiestis fixistis fixestis | ficieron fixeron | |
| Pluperfect preterite | ficiera ficiere fixera fixere | ficieras ficieres fixeras fixeres | ficiera ficiere fixera fixere | ficiéramos ficiéremos fixéramos fixéremos | ficierais ficiereis fixerais fixereis | ficieran ficieren fixeran fixeren | |
| yo | tu | él~elli/-a/-o | nosotros/-es~nós | vosotros/-es~vós | ellos/-es | ||
| Subjunctive | Present | faga faiga | fagas faigas | faga faiga | fagamos faigamos | fagáis faigáis | fagan faigan |
| Imperfect preterite | ficiera ficiere fixera fixere | ficieras ficieres fixeras fixeres | ficiera ficiere fixera fixere | ficiéramos ficiéremos fixéramos fixéremos | ficierais ficiereis fixerais fixereis | ficieran ficieren fixeran fixeren | |
| yo | tu | él~elli/-a/-o | nosotros/-es~nós | vosotros/-es~vós | ellos/-es | ||
| Potential | Future | fadré fairé | fadrás fairás | fadrá fairá | fadremos fairemos | fadréis fairéis | fadrán fairán |
| Conditional | fadría fairía | fadríes fairíes | fadría fairía | fadríamos fadríemos faireíamos fairíemos | fadríais fadríeis fairíais fairíeis | fadríen fairíen | |
| - | tu | vusté | nosotros/-es~nós | vosotros/-es~vós | vustedes | ||
| Imperative | fai | vamos facer vamos faer | facéi faéi | ||||
- Reference http://www.academiadelallingua.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gramatica_Llingua.pdf
Synonyms
- (to make): crear, producir
Galician
Alternative forms
- fazer (Reintegrationist)
- faer, faguer, fer
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fazer, from Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [faˈθeɾ]
- (dialectal, western) IPA(key): [faˈseɾ]
Verb
facer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fixen, past participle feito)
- to do, make
- to cook, prepare
- Synonyms: cociñar, preparar
- (auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive as the second object) to cause to
- (transitive, impersonal) to pass (said of time)
- (transitive, impersonal) to be; to occur (said of a weather phenomenon)
- Synonym: ir
- (transitive, followed by the age) to turn a certain age
- A miña filla fixo nove anos onte ― My daughter turned 9 year old yesterday
- first-person singular personal infinitive of facer
- third-person singular personal infinitive of facer
Conjugation
Conjugation of facer
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | facer | |||||
| personal | facer | faceres | facer | facermos | facerdes | faceren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| facendo | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | feito | feitos | ||||
| feminine | feita | feitas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | fago | fas | fai | facemos | facedes | fan |
| imperfect | facía | facías | facía | faciamos | faciades | facían |
| preterite | fixen | fixeches | fixo | fixemos | fixestes | fixeron |
| pluperfect | fixera | fixeras | fixera | fixeramos | fixerades | fixeran |
| future | farei | farás | fará | faremos | faredes | farán |
| conditional | faría | farías | faría | fariamos | fariades | farían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | faga | fagas | faga | fagamos | fagades | fagan |
| preterite | fixese | fixeses | fixese | fixésemos | fixésedes | fixesen |
| future | fixer | fixeres | fixer | fixermos | fixerdes | fixeren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | fai | faga | fagamos | facede | fagan |
| negative | – | fagas | faga | fagamos | fagades | fagan |
Related terms
- afacer
- desfacer
- refacer
- satisfacer
References
- “fazer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “fazer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “facer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “facer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “facer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Etymology
From Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō (“I do, I make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈtser/
Verb
facer
- to do; make
Conjugation
Conjugation of facer
| infinitive | facer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| facente | facite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | face | ha facite | |
| past | faceva | habeva facite | |
| future | facera | habera facite | |
| conditional | facerea | haberea facite | |
| imperative | face | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es facite | ha essite facite | |
| past | esseva facite | habeva essite facite | |
| future | essera facite | habera essite facite | |
| conditional | esserea facite | haberea essite facite | |
| imperative | sia facite | ||
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin facere.
Verb
facer
- to do
- to make
Descendants
- Spanish: hacer
Spanish
Alternative forms
- far (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō (“I do, I make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /faˈθeɾ/ [faˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /faˈseɾ/ [faˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: fa‧cer
Verb
facer (first-person singular present fago, first-person singular preterite fice, past participle fecho)
- Obsolete form of hacer.
Conjugation
Conjugation of facer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | facer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | faciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fecho | fecha | |||||
| plural | fechos | fechas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fago | facestú facésvos | face | facemos | facéis | facen | |
| imperfect | facía | facías | facía | facíamos | facíais | facían | |
| preterite | fice | ficiste | fizo | ficimos | ficisteis | ficieron | |
| future | faré | farás | fará | faremos | faréis | farán | |
| conditional | faría | farías | faría | faríamos | faríais | farían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | faga | fagastú fagásvos2 | faga | fagamos | fagáis | fagan | |
| imperfect (ra) | ficiera | ficieras | ficiera | ficiéramos | ficierais | ficieran | |
| imperfect (se) | ficiese | ficieses | ficiese | ficiésemos | ficieseis | ficiesen | |
| future1 | ficiere | ficieres | ficiere | ficiéremos | ficiereis | ficieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | faztú facévos | faga | fagamos | faced | fagan | ||
| negative | no fagas | no faga | no fagamos | no fagáis | no fagan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of facer (irregular)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive facer | |||||||
| dative | facerme | facerte | facerle, facerse | facernos | faceros | facerles, facerse | |
| accusative | facerme | facerte | facerlo, facerla, facerse | facernos | faceros | facerlos, facerlas, facerse | |
| with gerund faciendo | |||||||
| dative | faciéndome | faciéndote | faciéndole, faciéndose | faciéndonos | faciéndoos | faciéndoles, faciéndose | |
| accusative | faciéndome | faciéndote | faciéndolo, faciéndola, faciéndose | faciéndonos | faciéndoos | faciéndolos, faciéndolas, faciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative faz | |||||||
| dative | fazme | fazte | fazle | faznos | not used | fazles | |
| accusative | fazme | fazte | fazlo, fazla | faznos | not used | fazlos, fazlas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative facé | |||||||
| dative | faceme | facete | facele | facenos | not used | faceles | |
| accusative | faceme | facete | facelo, facela | facenos | not used | facelos, facelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative faga | |||||||
| dative | fágame | not used | fágale, fágase | fáganos | not used | fágales | |
| accusative | fágame | not used | fágalo, fágala, fágase | fáganos | not used | fágalos, fágalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative fagamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | fagámoste | fagámosle | fagámonos | fagámoos | fagámosles | |
| accusative | not used | fagámoste | fagámoslo, fagámosla | fagámonos | fagámoos | fagámoslos, fagámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative faced | |||||||
| dative | facedme | not used | facedle | facednos | faceos | facedles | |
| accusative | facedme | not used | facedlo, facedla | facednos | faceos | facedlos, facedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative fagan | |||||||
| dative | fáganme | not used | fáganle | fágannos | not used | fáganles, fáganse | |
| accusative | fáganme | not used | fáganlo, fáganla | fágannos | not used | fáganlos, fáganlas, fáganse | |
Further reading
- “facer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014