hacer

to do; to make (something); to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.); to be; to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))

“¿Qué haces?” — What are you doing?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facere Old Spanish fazer Spanish hacer Inherited from Old Spanish fazer, from Latin facere. The first-person indicative (hago) and present subjunctive forms (haga, hagas, etc.) may have been influenced by Latin agō (compare English gesture), but more likely come from a voicing of intervocalic Latin /k/ after having dropped

hacer is masculine in Spanish.

task, action

“Nos quedan muchos haceres.” — We have a lot of tasks left.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facere Old Spanish fazer Spanish hacer Inherited from Old Spanish fazer, from Latin facere. The first-person indicative (hago) and present subjunctive forms (haga, hagas, etc.) may have been influenced by Latin agō (compare English gesture), but more likely come from a voicing of intervocalic Latin /k/ after having dropped