hicieron

Hicieron is the pretérito indefinido (simple past) form of the Spanish verb hacer for the third-person plural subjects (ellos, ellas, ustedes). It translates as “they did” or “they made,” depending on the context. Hacer is highly irregular in this tense, with the full paradigm: hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron. The 3rd person singular form is hizo, which uses a different stem (hiz-) than the other forms, while the 3rd person plural is hicieron (hic- + -ieron).

Usage and meaning

Hicieron describes actions that were completed in the past. It is used regardless of whether the action is physical (they built, they cooked) or more abstract (they did a task, they made a decision). In many contexts, it is accompanied by time expressions such as ayer, la semana pasada, or una fecha específica. The verb can also convey causation in phrases like hacer que, where the subject performs an action that leads to a result (they made it happen).

Dialect and pronouns

In dialects, the form you choose for subject pronouns can vary. In Spain, vosotros hicisteis is common for the second-person plural, while in Latin America the pronoun ustedes is standard and hace ustedes hicieron. Thus, hicieron is widely used across Spanish-speaking regions to refer to “they did” or “you all did.”

Examples

Ellos hicieron la tarea ayer. They did the homework yesterday.

¿Qué hicieron ustedes ayer? What did you all do yesterday?

Hicieron un gran trabajo en el proyecto. They did a great job on the project.