haces

Haces is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb hacer, meaning to do or to make. It denotes actions carried out by the person being addressed and is one of the most common verb forms in everyday Spanish.

Hacer is irregular in the present tense, with the full paradigm: hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen. The form haces shares its root with the other present forms but follows its own irregular pattern. The verb itself comes from Latin facere, reflecting a long history of use in expressing creation, execution, and occurrence.

Usage and examples:

- ¿Qué haces? (What are you doing?)

- Haces un gran trabajo. (You’re doing a great job.)

- Haces la tarea cada día. (You do the homework every day.)

- Te haces cargo de la situación. (You take responsibility for the situation.)

Hacer is highly polysemous and appears in numerous idioms and expressions, such as hacer calor/frío (to be hot/cold), hacer tiempo (to pass time), or hacer preguntas (to ask questions). The present indicative form haces is almost always used for ongoing or habitual actions by the subject, and it can appear with direct objects, adverbs, or in clitic constructions (e.g., ¿Qué haces ahora?).

Distinctions:

- Haz is the affirmative tú imperative (Do it!), not the present indicative; historical confusion with haces is common for learners.

- No haces is the negative present form (you do not do), as in No haces eso. For perfect tenses, compound forms use has hecho (you have done) rather than the present form haces.

In summary, haces fulfills a central role in everyday Spanish as the familiar form for “you do/make,” embedded in countless sentences and expressions.