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hacer la estrecha: to play hard to get
hacer la gamba: to play the fool; piss around
hacer la maleta: to pack one's bags; to pack
hacer la pata: to suck up (to someone)
hacer la pelota: to suck up; brownnose
hacer la pelotilla: synonym of hacer la pelota
hacer la puñeta: to bug; piss off; get someone's goat
hacer la tijera: alternative form of hacer la tijereta (“to scissor”); to jackknife (to accidentally turn the cab of an articulated truck)
hacer la tijereta: to scissor
hacer la trece catorce: to trick, deceive, mislead; to perform a ruse
hacer la vertical: To do a handstand.
hacer la vida: to spend most of one's waking hours (at a place)
hacer la vista gorda: to turn a blind eye, to shut one's eyes, to look the other way
hacer las maletas: to pack one's bags; to pack
hacer las paces: to make peace, to make amends, to make up
hacer las veces de: to double up as
hacer leña del árbol caído: to kick someone when they are down
hacer llegar: to convey, send, pass, give
hacer mangas y capirotes: to completely ignore; send to Coventry
hacer maravillas: to work wonders
hacer mella: to affect, make a dent (to have a profound effect [on])
hacer memoria: to remember; to jog one's memory; to retrace one's steps
hacer mención: to make mention
hacer méritos: to strive for recognition
hacer novillos: to play truant, to skip school, to play hooky, to skive
hacer números: to do the math
hacer ojitos: to flutter eyelashes, to bat one's eyelashes, to flirt
hacer oídos sordos: to turn a deaf ear
hacer papilla: to blow to smithereens, blow to bits, blow to pieces
hacer partícipe: to share news (of)
hacer pata ancha: to stand strong, stand with your head held high
hacer pedazos: to rip to shreds
hacer pellas: play truant (to be absent from school without permission)
hacer penitencia: to ease off the food; to diet
hacer perro muerto: to dine and dash
hacer pie: to touch the bottom (of a body of water, with one's feet)
hacer piececitos: to play footsie
hacer piojito: to stroke, scratch or massage fondly (someone)'s scalp with one's fingers
hacer pipí: to take a leak; to urinate
hacer pirola: to play truant, to skip school, to play hooky
hacer pis: to pee; to piss
hacer popó: to poo; to poop
hacer por escrito: to put into words
hacer pucheros: to pout; make a face
hacer puente: to take a long weekend; to take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, or between two public holidays, thereby making a four-day weekend; to hot-wire
hacer píldoras: to pick one's nose
hacer risa: to be funny
hacer sentido: synonym of tener sentido
hacer sitio: to make space; to make room
hacer soga: to lag, lag behind
hacer sombra: to cast a shadow; to eclipse; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hacer, sombra.
hacer sonar: to thrash; to severely punish
hacer su agosto: to make a killing
hacer sus necesidades: to do one's business, relieve oneself (excrete)
hacer sábado: to do one's spring cleaning
hacer tetera: to go to a public restroom to have casual sex with another man
hacer tilín: to set (someone's) heart aflutter; to turn on
hacer tocorré: to show off
hacer trampas: to cheat
hacer trizas: to shatter, rip to shreds