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CATALAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fer.

to make, produce

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈfe̞]Northern[ˈfe]Balearic, Central, Northwestern[ˈfeɾ]Valencia
  1. to make, produce

    Fer vinagre.
    Aquesta terra fa molt bon blat.
  2. to make up

    Els jubilats fan un quart de la població.
  3. to do, to cause to be done

  4. to make do

  5. to give

    El primer marit li va fer dos fills.
    Feu-me mig quilo de formatge.
  6. to lay

    La canària ha fet un ou.
  7. to cause

  8. to make (someone) (do something), that is auxiliary verb to form the causative together with an infinitive

    auxiliary
    em van fer tornar a buscar el rebut
    l'has feta plorar
  9. to go

  10. to be

    impersonal
    Fa fred!
    Fa calor!
  11. to play

  12. to measure

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin facere.

adj[ˈfe̞r]Northern[ˈfe]Balearic[ˈfer]Central, Northwestern[ˈfeɾ]Valencia
  1. wild (untamed, not domesticated)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin ferus (compare Occitan fèr, French fier, Spanish fiero), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

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