fare

Alternative forms

• farë

Etymology

From farë (“seed, semen, kind”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾɛ/

Adverb

fare

1. totally, wholly, completely
2. kind

   Ç'farë? ~ Ç'fare? ― What kind? (~ What? How?)

3. (with negatives) at all

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːrə/, [ˈfɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vāre (“danger, persecution, fear”), from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), cognate with English fear, German Gefahr.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, English fare, German fahren.

Etymology 3

Derived from Old Danish *far (“pig”), from Old Norse *farr, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, cognate with Swedish fargalt, English farrow, German Ferkel, Dutch varken. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, hence also Latin porcus, Polish prosię (“piglet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfare]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fa‧re

Adverb

fare

1. by the action, by the initiative, by the effort, by order

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.re/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fà‧re

Verb

fàre (first-person singular present fàccio, first-person singular past historic féci, past participle fàtto, first-person singular imperfect facévo, second-person singular imperative fài or fà', auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to do
2. (transitive) to make
   1. to create
   2. to bring about

      fare rumore ― to make noise

      fare disordine ― to cause disorder

   3. to behave or act [with da ‘as’]

      fate i bravi ― be good (literally, “act as good (boys and girls)”)

      fare la cavia ― to be a guinea pig (literally, “act as a guinea pig”)

      un tavolo che fa da scrivania ― a table that acts as a desk

   4. to constitute

      fate una bella coppia ― you (guys) make a nice couple

   5. to numerically result in; to add up to

      due e tre fanno cinque ― two and three make five

      due per tre fanno sei ― two times three make six

   6. to formulate in the mind
   7. to cause to be; to render
   8. (ditransitive) to compel
   9. (ditransitive) to force
3. to provoke (a physical sensation)

   mi fai il solletico ― you are tickling me (literally, “you provoke on me a tickling feeling”)

4. (transitive) to inflict (damage, pain, etc.) on

   fargli un livido ― to give him a bruise (literally, “inflict a bruise on him”)

5. (transitive) to cause or arouse (an emotion)

   mi fa paura ― it scares me (literally, “it arouses fear within me”)

6. (transitive) to draw up or enter into (a contract, agreement, etc.)
7. (transitive) to emit from the body

   fare sangue dal naso ― to nosebleed (literally, “emit blood from the nose”)

8. (transitive) to have (a baby)
9. (transitive) to produce a lot of (fruit or flowers) (of a plant)
10. (transitive) to have (a certain population) (of a state, country, etc.)

    l'USA fa circa 300 milioni di abitanti ― the USA has about 300 million inhabitants

11. (transitive, informal) to cost

    quanto fa il gelato? ― how much does the ice cream cost?

    1. to sell [with a ‘for (a price)’]

       a quanto le fai? ― at how much are you selling them for?

12. (transitive) to clean up

    fai la stanza! ― clean up your room!

    fare la barba ― to shave (literally, “clean up one's beard”)

13. (transitive) to address

    mi ha fatto gli auguri ― he congratulated me (literally, “he addressed congratulations to me”)

    fare un invito ― to address an invite

14. (transitive) to organize or celebrate (an event, party, etc.)

    fare una festa ― to throw a party

    fare la comunione ― to celebrate a communion

15. (transitive) to stage (a play, movie, etc.)
    1. to produce or participate in (a play, movie, etc.) (of a director, actor, etc.)
    2. to interpret (a role, character, etc.); to act
    3. to be planned or scheduled (at a certain time) [with a or in] (of a movie, show, etc., chiefly in the form fanno)

       cosa fanno al cinema?

       what (movies) do they have scheduled at the movie theater?

16. (transitive) to be subscribed to; to do regularly
    1. to attend (a school), to be in (a grade level)

       faccio la terza media ― I am in the eighth grade

    2. to practice (a hobby, sport, etc.)

       fa ballet ― she does ballet

17. (transitive) to follow (a road, etc.)

    fare via Garibaldi ― to follow Garibaldi street

18. (transitive) to visit (a country, city, etc.)

    fare l'Italia ― to visit Italy

19. (transitive) to last (an amount of time)

    questa macchina ha fatto due anni ― this car lasted two years

    1. (transitive, informal) to turn (an age)

       mia sorella ha fatto undici anni ― my sister turned eleven

20. (transitive, informal) to gift

    mi hanno fatto il computer ― they gifted me a computer

21. (pronominal transitive, vulgar) to have sex with someone

    Mi sono fatto una ragazza.

    I fucked with a girl.

22. (transitive) to tell or indicate (the time)

    la sveglia fa le sette ― the alarm clock says it's seven o'clock

23. (transitive) to do until (a time, typically at night)

    fare le dieci all'università

    to attend the university until ten o'clock

24. (transitive) to caricature

    un dipintore che può fare tanti personaggi famosi ― a painter who can caricature many famous characters

25. (transitive) to spend; to pass (of time)

    fare la notte a casa tua ― to spend the night at your house

26. (transitive) to live or lead (a kind of life)

    fare una vita comoda ― to live a comfortable life

27. (transitive) to pronounce, judge, or evaluate

    lo facevo morto ― I pronounced him dead

28. (transitive) (with che + subj.) to suppose or consider

    fa' che lei potesse stare ― suppose she could stay

29. (transitive) to gather

    fare legna ― to gather firewood

    1. (transitive) to stock up on

       fare viveri ― to stock up on supplies

30. (transitive) to work as (a profession)

    faccio il maestro ― I work as a teacher

31. (transitive) to elect or nominate
32. (transitive, sports, card games) to score

    fare un gol ― to score a goal

33. (transitive) to make appear

    la maglia fa avvenente ― the shirt makes you look attractive

    1. to create impressions of

       le maniche corte fanno estate ― short sleeves create impressions of summer

34. (transitive) (with inf.) to let
35. (transitive) (with [di + inf.] or [che + subj.]) to strive or endeavor
36. (intransitive) to be suitable [with per ‘for’] [auxiliary avere]

    questo lavoro non fa per me

    this work is not (suitable) for me

37. (intransitive) to play [with a] [auxiliary avere]

    fare a nascondino ― to play hide and seek

38. (intransitive) to be spent or to have gone by; to mark [auxiliary avere] (of time)

    oggi fanno due mesi che si sono sposati

    today marks two months from when they got married

39. (intransitive, impersonal) to be (hot, cold, etc.) [auxiliary avere] (of the weather, climate, etc.)

    fa freddo ― it's cold

40. (intransitive, grammar) to have as an inflected form [auxiliary avere] (of a word)

    come fa il plurale di "pianta?" ― what is the plural of "pianta?"

41. (intransitive) to go (to say something or make a sound) [auxiliary avere]
42. (intransitive) to go (to be expressed or composed) [auxiliary avere]
43. (intransitive) to be formed by a sequence [auxiliary avere]

    il mio codice fa 4769 ― my code is 4769 (literally, “is formed by the sequence 4769”)

44. (intransitive) (typically with [a + inf.] or [per + inf.]) to be able to [auxiliary avere]
45. (intransitive, rare) to take root [auxiliary avere] (of a plant)
46. (intransitive, rare) to suffice [auxiliary avere] (of a plant)

Noun

fare m (plural fari)

1. manner, way

Anagrams

• Fera, rafe

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 1

Originally two distinct nouns:

• Old English faru, from Proto-West Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic *farō.
• Old English fær, from Proto-West Germanic *far, from Proto-Germanic *farą.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fà, fa' (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfa]

Verb

fare

1. to do
2. to make
3. to act
4. to behave
5. to fuck (vulgar, colloquial)

imp.2p2=nun facite
imp.2s2=fa'
imp.2s3=nun [[fà]]
ind.cond.1p2=farríame
ind.cond.1s2=farría
ind.cond.2p2=farrisseve
ind.cond.2s2=farrisse
ind.cond.3p2=farríano
ind.cond.3s2=faciarría
ind.futr.1p2=farrimme
ind.futr.1s2=farraggio
ind.futr.2p2=farrite
ind.futr.2s2=farraje
ind.futr.3p2=farranno
ind.futr.3s2=farrà

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1521: “fare il bucato” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “fare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vare.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara.

References

• “fare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vare, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”). Compare Swedish fara.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

References

• “fare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

fare

1. first-person singular present indicative of faran

Etymology

From Middle Scots fare, from Middle English faren, from Old English faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feːr/, /fɛr/

Verb

fare

1. to go, travel, get on

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale.

Noun

fare

1. A house

Verb

fare

1. (intransitive) to do, to make

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فاره (fare), from Arabic فَأْرَة (faʔra). The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːɾe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fare (definite accusative fareyi, plural fareler)

1. mouse

   Synonym: sıçan

2. (computing) mouse

Further reading

• “fare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology

From Middle English fearen, from Old English fǣran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiː/
• Homophone: feyer

Verb

fare (simple past vear'd)

1. to frighten
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Dinna fare a caulès.

     Don't frighten the horses.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39