hice

Hice is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb hacer in the preterite tense, meaning "I did" or "I made." It is used to describe actions that were completed in the past and are not connected to the present.

Hacer is an irregular verb in the preterite. The full set of preterite forms is: yo hice, tú hiciste, él hizo, nosotros hicimos, vosotros hicisteis, ellos hicieron. The yo form hice reflects a stem change from hac- to hic- in this tense, a pattern that traces back to Latin facere, whose perfect first-person form was feci.

Usage notes: Hice is commonly used to narrate finished past events. It contrasts with the present perfect form he hecho, which expresses actions with relevance to the present. In everyday speech, hice often appears with time indicators such as ayer (yesterday), la semana pasada (last week), or hace dos años (two years ago). It can also appear in exclamations or rhetorical questions, as in "¿Qué hice yo para merecer esto?" or "Hice lo que podía."

Examples: "Ayer hice la tarea." (Yesterday I did the homework.) "Hice un pastel para la fiesta." (I made a cake for the party.) "No hice daño." (I didn’t cause harm.)

See also: hacer, conjugation of hacer, pretérito perfecto simple (preterite).