Verbo make en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to make significa «hacer/fabricar» en español. Es un verbo irregular, lo que significa que sus formas de pasado simple y participio pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed y deben memorizarse. No confundir con do. Make implica crear o fabricar algo (make a cake), mientras que do se refiere a realizar una actividad (do exercise). Muchas colocaciones fijas: make a decision, make a mistake.
Conjugación de make en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | make |
| you | make |
| he/she/it | makes |
| we | make |
| they | make |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am making |
| you | are making |
| he/she/it | is making |
| we | are making |
| they | are making |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have made |
| you | have made |
| he/she/it | has made |
| we | have made |
| they | have made |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | made |
| you | made |
| he/she/it | made |
| we | made |
| they | made |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was making |
| you | were making |
| he/she/it | was making |
| we | were making |
| they | were making |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had made |
| you | had made |
| he/she/it | had made |
| we | had made |
| they | had made |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will make |
| you | will make |
| he/she/it | will make |
| we | will make |
| they | will make |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have made |
| you | will have made |
| he/she/it | will have made |
| we | will have made |
| they | will have made |
Conjugación de make en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would make |
| you | would make |
| he/she/it | would make |
| we | would make |
| they | would make |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have made |
| you | would have made |
| he/she/it | would have made |
| we | would have made |
| they | would have made |
Conjugación de make en imperativo
Conjugación de make en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | making |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | made |
Ejemplos
I make breakfast every morning.
Preparo el desayuno cada mañana.
She made a cake for the party.
Ella hizo un pastel para la fiesta.
You make me happy.
Me haces feliz.
I have to make a decision.
Tengo que tomar una decisión.
Don't make a mistake.
No cometas un error.
He made a lot of money.
Ganó mucho dinero.
Let's make a plan.
Hagamos un plan.
She made it to the final.
Ella llegó a la final.
This is made of wood.
Esto está hecho de madera.
Make yourself at home.
Siéntete como en casa.
Expresiones
make ends meet
llegar a fin de mes
make up your mind
decidirse
make a big deal out of
hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He make en vez de He makes
Correcto: He/She/It makes
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Regularizar el pasado: makeed en vez de made
Correcto: Past simple: made — Past participle: made
«make» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You make? en vez de Do you make?
Correcto: Do you make? / Does he/she make?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I make vs I am making
Correcto: Hábito/general → I make | Ahora mismo → I am making
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I make | yo hago |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she makes | él/ella hace |
| Present continuous | I am making | yo estoy haciendo |
| Past simple | I made | yo hice |
| Present perfect | I have made | yo he hecho |
| Future simple | I will make | yo haré |
| Negative | I don't make | yo no hago |
| Question | Do you make? | ¿tú haces? |