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For the verb: "to make"
Simple Past: made
Past Participle: made

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
make1 /meɪk/ (past & past p made) verbo transitivo
    1. (create, produce) hacer(conj.⇒);
      to ~ a note of sth anotar algo;
      she made the dress out of an old sheet se hizo el vestido con una sábana vieja;
      it's made of wood es de madera;
      see also difference, fuss1, mess 1 etc
      1. (carry out) ‹repairs/payment/journey› hacer(conj.⇒);
        ~ a left (turn) here (AmE) dobla a la izquierda aquí
      1. ‹remark/announcement› hacer(conj.⇒)
    1. (cause to be): I'll ~ you happy te haré feliz;
      that made me sad eso me entristeció;
      the work made me thirsty el trabajo me dio sed;
      what ~s me angry is … lo que me da rabia es …;
      they've made him supervisor lo han nombrado supervisor;
      if nine o'clock is too early, ~ it later si las nueve es muy temprano, podemos reunirnos (or encontrarnos etc) más tarde
      1. (cause to) hacer(conj.⇒);
        whatever made you do it? ¿por qué lo hiciste?
      1. (compel) obligar(conj.⇒) a, hacer(conj.⇒);
        she was made to apologize la obligaron a or la hicieron pedir perdón
      1. (in phrases) to make believe: you can't just ~ believe it never happened no puedes hacer como si no hubiera sucedido;
        to make do (with sth) arreglárselas (con algo)
      1. (constitute, be) ser(conj.⇒);
        it would ~ a nice change sería un cambio agradable;
        they ~ a nice couple hacen buena pareja
      1. (amount to) ser(conj.⇒);
        five plus five ~s ten cinco y or más cinco son diez
    1. (calculate): I ~ it 253 (a mí) me da 253;
      what time do you ~ it? ¿qué hora tienes?
      1. (understand): I could ~ nothing of the message no entendí el mensaje;
        ~ of that what you will tú saca tus propias conclusiones
      1. (think) to ~ sth of sb/sth: what did you ~ of him? ¿qué te pareció?;
        I don't know what to ~ of it no sé qué pensar
      1. (gain, earn) ‹money› hacer(conj.⇒)
      1. (acquire) ‹friends› hacer(conj.⇒);
        to ~ a name for oneself hacerse(conj.⇒) un nombre
    1. (colloq) (manage to attend, reach): we just made the 3 o'clock train llegamos justo a tiempo para el tren de las tres;
      to ~ it: he'll never ~ it as a doctor nunca será un buen médico
    1. (assure success of): to ~ or break sth/sb ser(conj.⇒) el éxito o la ruina de algo/algn

Phrasal Verbs
make for v + prep + o
  1. (head toward) dirigirse(conj.⇒) hacia/a
  1. (encourage, promote) contribuir(conj.⇒) a
make out
  1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o
      1. (discern) ‹object/outline› distinguir(conj.⇒);
        (from a distance) divisar;
        ‹sound› distinguir(conj.⇒);
        ‹writing› descifrar
      1. (figure out) (colloq) entender(conj.⇒)
    1. (write) ‹list/invoice/receipt› hacer(conj.⇒);
      ~ the check out to P. Jones haga el cheque pagadero a P. Jones
  1. (claim, pretend) v + adv + o: she made out it was her own work dio a entender que lo había hecho ella misma;
    you're not as ill as you ~ out no estás tan enfermo como pretendes
 make up
  1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    1. ‹story/excuse› inventar
    1. (prepare) ‹prescription/food parcel› preparar;
      ‹agenda/list› hacer(conj.⇒)
      1. (complete, add) completar;
        she came along to ~ up the numbers vino para completar el grupo
      1. (compensate for): I'll take the afternoon off, and ~ up the time later me tomaré la tarde libre y ya recuperaré el tiempo más tarde
  1. v + adv + o (constitute) formar;
    it is made up of three parts está compuesto de tres partes
  1. v + adv, v + o + adv (achieve reconciliation) to ~ (it) up (with sb) hacer(conj.⇒) las paces (con algn)
make2 sustantivo
marca f
make: make-believe~-believe n uncountable
fantasía f;
don't be frightened, it's only ~-believe no te asustes, es de mentira;
makeover~over sustantivo (AmE) maquillaje m;
to have a (cosmetic) ~over maquillarse
make: makeshift~shift adjetivo ‹repair› provisional, provisorio (AmS);
‹bed› improvisado;
makeup~up sustantivo
  1. uncountable (cosmetics) maquillaje m;
    to put on one's ~up maquillarse, pintarse;
    (before n) ~up remover desmaquillador m;
  1. (no pl) (of person) carácter m;
  1. countable (AmE Educ) examen m de recuperación

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
make [meɪk]
I nombre marca
     a new make of jeans, una nueva marca de vaqueros
    
II vtr (ps & pp made)
1   (un cambio, una llamada, reputación, un ruido, viaje) hacer
2   (un café, una comida) hacer, preparar
3   (coches, productos) fabricar [from, de]: it's made from steel, es de acero
4   Cost hacer, confeccionar
5   (una decisión) tomar
6   (dinero) ganar
7   (un disco) grabar, hacer
8   (un discurso) hacer, pronunciar
9   (un error) cometer 10 (un pago) efectuar 11 (una película) rodar ➣ Ver nota en hacer 12 calcular: what time do you make it?, ¿qué hora tienes? 13 poner, volver: he makes me laugh, me hace reír
     this music makes me sad, esta música me pone triste 14 poder asistir a: I can't make the meeting, no puedo asistir a la reunión 15 nombrar: they made him chairman, le nombraron presidente 16 obligar: he made me get out of the car, me obligó a salir del coche 17 opinar: what do you make of this?, ¿qué te parece esto? 18 ser: this will make a nice souvenir, esto será un buen recuerdo 19 sumar
     two and two make four, dos más dos son cuatro 20 to make friends, trabar amistad [with, con] 21 to make an enemy, granjearse o hacer un enemigo 22 to make sense, tener sentido 23 to make sure, asegurarse [of, de] 24 llegar a ser: he won't make president, no llegará a (ser) presidente
    ♦ LOC: to make do, apañárselas [with, con]
    Recuerda que cuando to make significa obligar (a alguien a hacer algo) se usa con un complemento directo más el infinitivo sin to: He made us get up early. Nos obligó a levantarnos temprano.
    



make: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
Compound Forms:
eye make-upn bellezamaquillaje para ojos nf
eye make-upn bellezasombras para ojos nfpl
heavy weather, makehacer algo más difícil de lo que es v
heavy weather, makeponer las cosas difíciles v
heavy weather, makecomplicar algo v
kiss and make upborrón y cuenta nueva
make … anxiousalarmar v
make a bedhacer una cama v
make a beelineir directo hacia v
make a bethacer una apuesta v
make a bidhacer una oferta v
make a bolt for itintentar escapar v
make a break forintentar escapar v
make a breakthrough (progress) progresarrealizar un gran avance v
make a breakthroughhacer un descubrimiento importante
make a brief assessmenthacer una evaluación rápida v
make a buyhacer una compra v
make a callhacer una llamada v
make a censuscensar v
make a comebackregresar v
make a comparisoncomparar v
make a confession without duressconfesar sin presión v
make a critical analysis ofhacer un análisis crítico de v
make a dateconcertar una cita v
make a dealllegar a un acuerdo v
make a dealhacer un trato v
make a decisiontomar una decisión v
make a demandhacer una demanda v
make a dentindentar v
make a diagnosis (Medicine)diagnosticar v
make a diagramhacer un diagrama v
make a distinctiondistinguir v
make a fool oftomarle el pelo a v
make a fool of yourselfquedar en ridículo v
make a fortunehacer una fortuna v
make a fuss (colloquial) coloquialmontar un pollo loc
make a fusshacer una montaña de un grano de arena loc
make a fussdar importancia v
make a go of itsacar (algo) adelante v
make a go of itintertar osadamente v
make a hole inagujerar v
make a journeyhacer un viaje v
make a loss (Finance) finanzassufrir pérdidas
make a markmarcar v
make a matchigualar v
make a motion (politics)introducir una moción v
make a moveavanzar v
make a noisehacer un ruido v
make a notetomar nota v
make a pass figurativeintentar conquistar v
make a pass (sports)lanzar un pase v
make a passatacar v
make a pleasuplicar v
make a practice ofacostumbrar v
make a requestsolicitar v
make a salehacer una venta v
make a soundhacer un sonido v
make a spacehacer un espacio v
make a special efforthacer un esfuerzo especial v
make a speechdar un discurso v
make a stocklist oflevantar inventario de
make a visithacer una visita v
make a willhacer testamento v
make according to samplehacer de acuerdo a la muestra v
make afterperseguir
make afterbuscar
make aftercazar
make allowanceconsiderar
make allowance fortomar en consideración
make allowances fordar espacio para
make amendshacer las paces
make an adjustmenthacer un ajuste
make an announcementhacer un anuncio
make an appearance (acting)hacer una presentación
make an appearancedejarse ver
make an ass of colloquialponer en ridículo a algn
make an attemptintentar
make an efforthacer un esfuerzo
make an end ofponer fin a
make an end ofponer fin
make an entrancehacer una entrada
make an entryregistrar
make an example ofponer como ejemplo a
make an example ofhacer un ejemplo de
make an impressioncausar una impresión
make an offerhacer una oferta
make an openinghacer una introducción
make as if (simulate)simular
make believenfantasía nf
make believenimaginación nf
make believeninvención nf
make bettermejorar
make blackdenigrar
make certaindar por seguro v
make certainasegurarse v
make common cause withhacer causa común con
make complexdificultar
make complexcomplicar
make concessionshacer concesiones
make conspicuoushacer obvio
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