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SPANISH VERB

hacer daño

to hurt, to do harm

  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: haciendo daño
  • Past participle: hecho daño

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I hurt
  2. tú you hurt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she hurts
  4. nosotros we hurt
  5. vosotros Spain you all hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they hurt

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I hurt
  2. tú you hurt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she hurt
  4. nosotros we hurt
  5. vosotros Spain you all hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they hurt

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to hurt
  2. tú you used to hurt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to hurt
  4. nosotros we used to hurt
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to hurt

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will hurt
  2. tú you will hurt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will hurt
  4. nosotros we will hurt
  5. vosotros Spain you all will hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will hurt

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would hurt
  2. tú you would hurt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would hurt
  4. nosotros we would hurt
  5. vosotros Spain you all would hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would hurt

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I hurt
  2. tú (that) you hurt
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she hurt
  4. nosotros (that) we hurt
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they hurt

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I hurt
  2. tú (if) you hurt
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she hurt
  4. nosotros (if) we hurt
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all hurt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they hurt

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú hurt!
  2. usted hurt! (formal)
  3. nosotros hurt! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain hurt! (all of you)
  5. ustedes hurt! (all of you)

How to use hacer daño

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Estos zapatos nuevos me hacen daño en el talón.

    These new shoes hurt my heel.

  2. Past

    Me hice daño en la espalda cargando cajas.

    I hurt my back carrying boxes.

  3. Imperfect

    El sol me hacía daño en los ojos.

    The sun was hurting my eyes.

  4. Future

    Tranquilo, la vacuna no te hará daño.

    Don't worry, the jab won't hurt you.

  5. Conditional

    Yo nunca le haría daño a un animal.

    I'd never hurt an animal.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ten cuidado, no quiero que te hagas daño.

    Be careful, I don't want you to hurt yourself.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Puse una alfombra para que el niño no se hiciera daño.

    I put down a rug so the child wouldn't hurt himself.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Hazles daño por la banda, que no corren!

    Hurt them down the wing, they can't run!

Good to know

  • "Hacer daño a alguien" is to hurt them; "hacerse daño" is to hurt yourself: me he hecho daño en la rodilla.

Where you hear hacer daño

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Un fino de vez en cuando no hace daño. A sherry now and then does no harm.
  • La epidural no me hizo daño. The epidural didn't hurt me.
  • Un poco de descanso no te va a hacer daño. A bit of rest won't do you any harm.
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On the House

Advanced Level 2 · no hace daño

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.