hacer caso
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˌθeɾ ˈkaso/ [aˌθeɾ ˈka.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˌseɾ ˈkaso/ [aˌseɾ ˈka.so]
- Syllabification: ha‧cer ca‧so
Verb
hacer caso (first-person singular present hago caso, first-person singular preterite hice caso, past participle hecho caso)
- to obey, to do what is said
- Synonym: obedecer
- to pay attention, to take notice
- Synonyms: prestar atención, tomar en cuenta, estar pendiente, atender
- Él no me hace caso.
- He doesn't pay attention to me.
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Pero no hacía caso él de los sermones episcopales y seguía erre que erre sobre los libros, sacándoles el redaño para escribir después.
- But the episcopal sermon man refused to listen and stubbornly continued with the books, taking the guts out of them to write later.
- to reciprocate (sentimentally)
- Synonym: reciprocar
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: asikaso
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