Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I make someone cry
- tú you make someone cry
- usted, él, ella he/she makes someone cry
- nosotros we make someone cry
- vosotros Spain you all make someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they make someone cry
SPANISH VERB
hacer llorar
to make someone cry
- Irregular -er verb
- Gerund: haciendo llorar
- Past participle: hecho llorar
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I made someone cry
- tú you made someone cry
- usted, él, ella he/she made someone cry
- nosotros we made someone cry
- vosotros Spain you all made someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they made someone cry
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to make someone cry
- tú you used to make someone cry
- usted, él, ella he/she used to make someone cry
- nosotros we used to make someone cry
- vosotros Spain you all used to make someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to make someone cry
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will make someone cry
- tú you will make someone cry
- usted, él, ella he/she will make someone cry
- nosotros we will make someone cry
- vosotros Spain you all will make someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will make someone cry
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would make someone cry
- tú you would make someone cry
- usted, él, ella he/she would make someone cry
- nosotros we would make someone cry
- vosotros Spain you all would make someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would make someone cry
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I make someone cry
- tú (that) you make someone cry
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she make someone cry
- nosotros (that) we make someone cry
- vosotros Spain (that) you all make someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they make someone cry
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I made someone cry
- tú (if) you made someone cry
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she made someone cry
- nosotros (if) we made someone cry
- vosotros Spain (if) you all made someone cry
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they made someone cry
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú make someone cry!
- usted make someone cry! (formal)
- nosotros make someone cry! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain make someone cry! (all of you)
- ustedes make someone cry! (all of you)
How to use hacer llorar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Esa canción me hace llorar cada vez que la oigo.
That song makes me cry every time I hear it.
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Past
El final de la película nos hizo llorar a todos.
The end of the film made us all cry.
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Imperfect
De pequeña, la cebolla me hacía llorar muchísimo.
As a little girl, onions made me cry a lot.
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Future
Tu discurso en la boda hará llorar a tu madre.
Your speech at the wedding will make your mother cry.
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Conditional
Yo no le haría llorar por una tontería así.
I wouldn't make him cry over something so silly.
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Present subjunctive
No dejes que ese hombre te haga llorar más.
Don't let that man make you cry any more.
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Past subjunctive
No quería que la noticia hiciera llorar a la abuela.
I didn't want the news to make grandma cry.
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Imperative
¡Hazme llorar de risa otra vez con ese chiste!
Make me cry laughing again with that joke!
Good to know
- "Hacer" plus an infinitive is to make someone do something: me hizo reír, me hace llorar.
Where you hear hacer llorar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- Esa canción siempre me hace llorar. That song always makes me cry.
- La niña de Valeria me hizo llorar. Valeria's baby made me cry.
- El jueves Lucía nos va a hacer llorar a todos. On Thursday Lucia is going to make us all cry.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.